Greenwood Public School District (Mississippi)

The Greenwood Public School District was a public school district based in Greenwood, Mississippi, United States.

Effective July 1, 2019 the Greenwood and the Leflore County School District consolidated into the Greenwood-Leflore School District. ^[1]

History

In 1993, white parents in the Greenwood district made plans to look for majority white private schools after the district leadership proposed having a centralized middle school for all students. ^[2]

David Jordan, a member of the Mississippi Senate, criticized the upcoming Greenwood-Leflore merger since the Leflore district's performance in state tests was worse than that of the Greenwood district; their respective grades from the Mississippi Department of Education circa 2016-2017 were F and C. ^[3] Circa 2016 the rating of the Greenwood district was D. Unlike most state-mandated school district consolidations, in which a larger district absorbs a smaller district, in this instance two districts of roughly equal size are merging; in 2016 the Greenwood district had 2,846 students while the Leflore district had 2,405 students. Adam Ganucheau and Zachary Oren Smith of Mississippi Today described both districts as being "large". ^[4]

Schools

• Greenwood High School (Grades 9-12)
• Greenwood Middle School (Grades 7-8)
• Bankston Elementary (Grades K-6)
• Davis Elementary (Grades K-6)
• Threadgill Elementary (Grades K-6)
• Threadgill Primary School (Greenwood). It opened in 1935 as W.C. Williams Elementary School. ^[5] Enrollment was 400 in 2015. ^[6] In 2015 the closure of the school was proposed. ^[7] On May 22, 2015, the school board voted to close it, ^[6] but in 2017 it reopened for grades Pre-Kindergarten-1. ^[8] By 2019 the school adopted its current name. ^[5]

Demographics

Around 1988 Greenwood High School was almost split evenly between black and white students. In 1998 it was 92% black. Greenwood Junior High School was 97% black. Many white students were instead going to the private school Pillow Academy. ^[9]

The district had 2,846 students in 2016, ^[4] and 2,634 in the 2018-2019 school year. ^[10]

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 3,110 students enrolled in the Greenwood Public School District during the 2006-2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 51% female and 49% male. The racial makeup of the district was 91.64% African American, 7.43% White, 0.48% Hispanic, and 0.45% Asian. ^[11] All of the district's students were eligible to receive free or price-subsidized lunch. ^[12]

Previous school years

School Year	Enrollment	Gender Makeup		Racial Makeup
		Female	Male	Asian	African American	Hispanic	Native American	White
2005-06 [11]	3,152	50%	50%	0.48%	91.18%	0.48%	–	7.87%
2004-05 [11]	3,211	49%	51%	0.47%	89.97%	0.34%	–	9.22%
2003-04 [11]	3,422	49%	51%	0.29%	88.84%	0.15%	0.06%	10.67%
2002-03 [13]	3,486	50%	50%	0.29%	88.73%	0.20%	–	10.79%

Accountability statistics

	2006-07 [14]	2005-06 [15]	2004-05 [16]	2003-04 [17]	2002-03 [18]
District Accreditation Status	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited
School Performance Classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools	1	1	0	2	1
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools	0	1	1	2	0
Level 3 (Successful) Schools	4	4	4	1	2
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools	1	0	1	1	2
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	1
Not Assigned	0	0	0	0	0

School uniforms

Students at all schools are required to wear school uniforms. ^[19] The policy was established in the 2009-2010 school year. ^[20]

See also

• Mississippi portal
• Schools portal

• List of school districts in Mississippi

References

1. "School District Consolidation in Mississippi Archived 2017-07-02 at the Wayback Machine ." Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. Page 2 (PDF p. 3/6).
2. Fava, Al (April 20, 1993). "Winona Academy a possible route of escape for students". Greenwood Commonwealth . p. 2 – via Newspapers.com. - See clipping
3. "Lt. Governor Willing To Listen On Greenwood-Leflore Merger". Delta Daily News. Archived from the original on September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
4. Ganucheau, Adam; Zachary Oren Smith (April 25, 2016). "School vote in Jackson hits Greenwood hard". Mississippi Today . Retrieved September 17, 2018.
5. Eric, Gerard (June 1, 2019). "District begins work on repairs". Greenwood Commonwealth . Retrieved March 12, 2022. [...]Threadgill Primary (then still known as W.C. Williams Elementary)[...]
6. "W.C. Williams Elementary will close". Washington Times . Associated Press. May 22, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
7. Stole, Bryn; Kalich, Tim (May 19, 2015). "W. C. Williams Elementary may close". The Greenwood Commonwealth . pp. 1, 12. - Clipping of first and of second page at Newspapers.com. Alternate URL of an Associated Press release at the Washington Times website.
8. "United States v. Greenwood Pub. Sch. Dist". Casetext . Retrieved March 12, 2022.
9. Rubin, Richard. "Should the Mississippi Files Have Been Re-opened? No, because." The New York Times . August 30, 1998. Retrieved on March 25, 2012.
10. Kennedy, Mike (July 8, 2019). "Merger creates new school district in Mississippi". American School and University Magazine . Retrieved February 25, 2021.
11. "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original on March 23, 2007.
12. "2006-07 State, District, and School Enrollment by Race/Gender with Poverty Data" (XLS). Mississippi Department of Education. January 16, 2008. Retrieved May 18, 2008.^{[ dead link ‍]}
13. "Mississippi Report Card for 2002-2003". Office of Educational Accountability, Mississippi Department of Education. September 2, 2004. Archived from the original on August 12, 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2007.
14. "2007 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. September 13, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2007. Retrieved September 15, 2007.
15. "2006 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. September 6, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 17, 2007. Retrieved June 7, 2007.
16. "2005 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. September 9, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2006. Retrieved June 7, 2007.
17. "2004 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. September 26, 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2007. Retrieved June 7, 2007.
18. "2003 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. November 21, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 11, 2006. Retrieved June 7, 2007.
19. "Student Dress Code Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine ." Greenwood Public School District. Retrieved on August 10, 2010.
20. "Home Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine ." Greenwood Public School District. Retrieved on August 10, 2010.

Further reading

• "USA v. G'wood Public Sch Filing 37 ORDER granting 36 Joint Motion for reopening of school. Signed by District Judge Sharion Aycock on 7/21/2017. (dbm)". Justia. - About the reopening of W. C. Williams (later Threadgill Primary)

External links

• Greenwood Public School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
• Map of school districts in Leflore County, MS, 2010 - U.S. Census Bureau