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 2018-09-17. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
4. Ganucheau, Adam; Zachary Oren Smith (2016-04-25). "School vote in Jackson hits Greenwood hard". Mississippi Today . Retrieved 2018-09-17.
5. Eric, Gerard (2019-06-01). "District begins work on repairs". Greenwood Commonwealth . Retrieved 2022-03-12. [...]Threadgill Primary (then still known as W.C. Williams Elementary)[...]
6. "W.C. Williams Elementary will close". Washington Times . Associated Press. 2015-05-22. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
7. Stole, Bryn; Kalich, Tim (2015-05-19). "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 2022-03-12.
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 (2019-07-08). "Merger creates new school district in Mississippi". American School and University Magazine . Retrieved 2021-02-25.
11. "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original on 2007-03-23.
12. "2006-07 State, District, and School Enrollment by Race/Gender with Poverty Data" (XLS). Mississippi Department of Education. 2008-01-16. Retrieved 2008-05-18.^{[ dead link ]}
13. "Mississippi Report Card for 2002-2003". Office of Educational Accountability, Mississippi Department of Education. 2004-09-02. Archived from the original on 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
14. "2007 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. 2007-09-13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-11-27. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
15. "2006 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. 2006-09-06. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-02-17. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
16. "2005 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. 2005-09-09. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-13. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
17. "2004 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. 2004-09-26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-05. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
18. "2003 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. 2003-11-21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-11. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
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