Humphreys County School District

The Humphreys County School District is a public school district with its administrative offices in Belzoni, Mississippi (USA). ^[1] The district's boundaries parallel that of Humphreys County.

History

In 2019, the state Board of Education voted to take over the Humphreys County School District, as well as the Yazoo City School District, and incorporated them into a new statewide "achievement district" ; the move came after the school districts were rated as chronically underperforming in terms of student academic achievement. ^[2]

Schools

• Humphreys County High School
• Humphreys County Vocational Tech.
• Humphreys Junior High School
• O. M. McNair Upper Elementary School
• Ida Greene Lower Elementary School

Demographics

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 1,840 students enrolled in the Humphreys County School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 50% female and 50% male. The racial makeup of the district was 96.74% African American, 1.79% White, 1.41% Hispanic, and 0.05% Native American. ^[3] 94.2% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch. ^[4]

Previous school years

School Year	Enrollment	Gender Makeup		Racial Makeup
		Female	Male	Asian	African American	Hispanic	Native American	White
2005-06 [3]	1,845	50%	50%	–	96.96%	1.19%	0.05%	1.79%
2004-05 [3]	1,885	49%	51%	–	97.72%	0.42%	0.05%	1.80%
2003-04 [3]	1,918	49%	51%	–	97.24%	0.26%	–	2.50%
2002-03 [5]	2,032	50%	50%	–	97.44%	0.25%	–	2.31%

Accountability statistics

	2006-07 [6]	2005-06 [7]	2004-05 [8]	2003-04 [9]	2002-03 [10]
District Accreditation Status	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited
School Performance Classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools	1	1	0	0	0
Level 3 (Successful) Schools	0	1	2	4	0
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools	2	2	2	0	2
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools	1	0	0	0	1
Not Assigned	0	0	0	0	0

See also

• Mississippi portal
• Schools portal

• List of school districts in Mississippi

References

1. "Contact Us Archived 2017-03-25 at the Wayback Machine ." Humphreys County School District. Retrieved on July 6, 2017. "Humphreys County School District Office 401 Fourth Street[...]Belzoni, MS 39038 "
2. Jeff Amy, Mississippi school board votes to take over 2 districts, Associated Press (April 11, 2019).
3. "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original on 2007-03-23.
4. "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 ]}
5. "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.
6. "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.
7. "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.
8. "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.
9. "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.
10. "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.

External links

• Official website
• Humphreys County School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)