Jim Hill High School

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Jim Hill High School
Location
Jim Hill High School
Jackson, Mississippi

United States
Coordinates 32°17′23″N90°13′8″W / 32.28972°N 90.21889°W / 32.28972; -90.21889 [1]
Information
Type Comprehensive Public High School
MottoBelieve, Achieve, Succeed!
Established1912 (1912)
School district Jackson Public School District
PrincipalBobby D. Brown [2]
Staff67.85 (FTE) [3]
Grades 9 to 12
Gender Coed
Enrollment876 (2023–2024) [3]
Student to teacher ratio12.91 [3]
Color(s)Green and Gold   
Team nameTigers [4]
NewspaperThe Echo
Website www.jackson.k12.ms.us/jimhill

Jim Hill High School is a public high school located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, hosting the state's first International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB) program.[ citation needed ] It hosts Advanced Placement courses, a JROTC, and a SOAR program. It was formerly a black school during the Jim Crow era. [5] [6]

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History

Jim Hill Public School was named in 1912 for politician James Hill (c. 1838–1903), a "mulatto" who had served as Secretary of State of Mississippi during the Reconstruction era. [7] Samuel Manual Brinkley (1878–1946) served as the school principal in the 1920s. [8] [9] The former building was established on Lynch Street as an elementary school, and later as a junior high school. [5] [6]

The current building was constructed in the 1960s in the Washington Addition neighborhood.[ citation needed ] The school also was formerly housed in a building that operated as Blackburn Middle School, where a new school was established in 2010.[ citation needed ]

The International Baccalaureate Program hosted there was established in 1992.[ citation needed ] The new wing was annexed in 2001.[ citation needed ]

About

In the 2023–2024 school year, the enrollment was 876 students, and the school was 97.8% Black. [3] [10]

Special programs

Jim Hill was the only high school in the state of Mississippi with the International Baccalaureate Diploma program. This school offers these classes in Geometry MYP, Biology MYP and IB, Humanities MYP and IB, Language MYP and IB, Physical Education MYP, Algebra II MYP, Math Studies IB, Theory of Knowledge IB, Psychology IB, Technology IB, Art MYP and IB, French MYP and IB, and Spanish MYP and IB.

For the program, students must complete a Personal Project in their 10th grade year and sign a contract, write Internal Assessments for World Literature, Mathematics, Humanities; create 12 art pieces to be sent off with their Developmental Workbooks; and take an exam in Language, Math, Humanities, Science, Psychology, Theory of Knowledge, and a foreign language in the IB Diploma years. If the composite score of the IB exam is high enough, then the student may qualify for the IB Diploma. Students who aren't as esteemed are granted the IB scholarship. Community Service (CAS hours) is calculated into the equation. Obama Magnet Elementary serves IB grades Pre-K-5 and Northwest Jackson Middle School serves IB grades 6–8.

The AP Program is offered at the school.

Feeder pattern

The following schools feed into Jim Hill High School: [11]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jim Hill High School
  2. ↑ "Administrative Team". Jackson Public Schools. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Jim Hill High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Article clipped from Clarion-Ledger". The Clarion-Ledger . February 25, 1988. p. 97. Retrieved August 19, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  5. 1 2 "Officials List School Openings". The Clarion-Ledger . September 14, 1936. p. 3. Retrieved August 19, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  6. 1 2 "Welfare Work Among Negros Progressing". Jackson Daily News. July 7, 1918. p. 6. Retrieved August 19, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Statues – Mt. Olive Cemetery". Archived from the original on June 21, 2020. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Jackson Negro Farmers' Form Truck Association". Jackson Daily News . February 16, 1920. p. 4. Retrieved August 19, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Samuel Manual Brinkley, 1878–1946". Clarion-Ledger (Obituary). December 4, 1994. p. 60. Retrieved August 19, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Jim Hill High School". U.S. News & World Report. 2023–2024.
  11. ↑ Feeder Patterns Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine – Jackson Public Schools.
  12. ↑ "Al Coleman Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". pro-football-reference.com.
  13. ↑ "Rosey Davis Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". pro-football-reference.com.
  14. ↑ "Jimmi Mayes". The Clarion-Ledger . February 23, 2014. pp. F4. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
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