Hinds County Agricultural High School or Hinds Agricultural High School (HAHS) was a public secondary school in unincorporated Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, south of Utica. [1] It was located on the Utica campus of Hinds Community College until its 2014 closure. Hinds County AHS was one of three independently functioning agricultural high schools in the state of Mississippi.
The community college district operated the high school. [2]
In 2012 the Mississippi Board of Education published a report recommending the closure of Hinds AHS. Augenblick, Palaich and Associates, the report's author, stated that enrollment was declining at Hinds, that it had among the lowest levels of academic performance, and that it no longer had a focus on agriculture. [2]
Hinds AHS closed on July 1, 2014. According to state law, its real property was to be given to Hinds Community College and its personal property was to be given to the Hinds County School District. [3] On July 1, 2015 its property was transferred to the Hinds County School District. [4]
In 2014 the boys' track team won the third Class 1A championship of the MHSAA; this occurred just prior to the disestablishment of the school. [5]
There were a total of 222 students enrolled at Hinds County Agricultural High School during the 2006–07 school year. The gender makeup of the school was 52% female and 48% male. The racial makeup of the school was 99.55% African American and 0.45% White. [6] 78.2% of the school's students were eligible to receive free lunch. [7]
School Year | Enrollment | Gender Makeup | Racial Makeup | |||||
Female | Male | Asian | African American | Hispanic | Native American | White | ||
2005/06 [6] | 241 | 52% | 48% | – | 100.00% | – | – | – |
2004/05 [6] | 299 | 49% | 51% | – | 100.00% | – | – | – |
2003/04 [6] | 307 | 50% | 50% | – | 100.00% | – | – | – |
2002/03 [8] | 290 | 49% | 51% | – | 100.00% | – | – | – |
2006/07 [9] | 2005/06 [10] | 2004/05 [11] | 2003/04 [12] | 2002/03 [13] | |
District Accreditation Status | Accredited | Accredited | Accredited | Accredited | Accredited |
School Performance Classifications | |||||
Level 5 (Superior Performing) | |||||
Level 4 (Exemplary) | |||||
Level 3 (Successful) | X | X | X | X | |
Level 2 (Under Performing) | X | ||||
Level 1 (Low Performing) | |||||
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Hinds County Agricultural High School Miss. Highway 18, Hinds AHS P.O. Box 1089 Utica, MS 39175-0089- College address: "Utica 34175 Miss. 18 West Utica, MS 39175-9599" - Compare to: "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Utica town, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2020-07-04. - The college campus, including the high school buildings, is not in the Utica city limits.