Lanier Junior Senior High School

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Lanier Junior Senior High School
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Location
Lanier Junior Senior High School
833 West Maple Street

Jackson
,
Mississippi

United States
Information
School type Secondary
Motto"Enhancing Today's Minds to Lead Tomorrow's Future."
Established1925 [1]
School district Jackson Public School District
SuperintendentCedric Gray [2]
PrincipalMRS. STACEY WEBB BAILEY
Staff72.37 (FTE) [3]
Enrollment863 (2023–2024) [3]
Student to teacher ratio11.92 [3]
Color(s)Maroon and white   [4]
Mascot Bulldog
Feeder schoolsRowan Middle School
Website Official website

Lanier Junior Senior High School, formerly W. H. Lanier High School, is a public middle and high school located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Jackson Public School District. The current principal is Valerie Bradley. [5] There were a total of 872 students enrolled in Lanier High, then only a high school, during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 52% female and 48% male. The racial makeup of the school is 100% African American. [6]

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History

Lanier was founded in 1925 as a junior and senior high school. It was named after William Henry Lanier (1855–1929), who was superintendent of black schools in Jackson from 1912 until his death. [1]

Due to educational segregation, Lanier was reserved for black students until 1969, [7] when Jackson schools were integrated by law. [8] The city of Jackson had three high schools for African Americans during the Jim Crow era: Sam M. Brinkley High School, Jim Hill High School and W. H. Lanier High School. [9] During this time period Murrah High School, Central High School, Provine High School, and O. H. Wingfield High School were for white students. [9]

In 2023, Brinkley Middle consolidated into Lanier High. [9]

Feeder pattern

The following schools fed into Lanier High School as of 2007. [10]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 "School History". Lanier High School. Jackson (MS) Public Schools. Retrieved October 20, 2017. Lanier was first organized as a junior-senior high school in 1925 providing instruction for pupils from the seventh through the twelfth grades.
  2. ↑ "Superintendent" . Retrieved December 17, 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 "Lanier High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  4. ↑ "MHSAA School Directory". Mississippi High School Activities Association. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Administration / Principal". http. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original on March 23, 2007.
  7. ↑ Dreher, Arielle (November 15, 2017). "How Integration Failed in Jackson's Public Schools from 1969 to 2017". Jackson Free Press .
  8. ↑ Taylor, Ayana (May 12, 2004). "JPS, Then and Now". Jackson Free Press . Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  9. 1 2 3 Jackson, Torsheta (July 25, 2023). "Two Jackson Public Schools Merge, Creating 7-12 Institution". Mississippi Free Press .
  10. ↑ Feeder Patterns Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine – Jackson Public Schools.
  11. ↑ Jackson's 'Legends of Basketball' reunion brings together Brinkley, Jim Hill and Lanier high school players who 'ruled the court'
  12. ↑ "Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr.'s Biography".
  13. ↑ Rayson, Ann. "Richard Wright's Life." Modern American Poetry. Archived October 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Nelson, Cary and Brinkman, Bartholomew, eds. Department of English, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: 2001.

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