Neshoba County School District

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The Neshoba County School District is a public school district based in Neshoba County, Mississippi (USA). The district headquarters are in Philadelphia, Mississippi. See Philadelphia. [1]

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The district's physical boundaries include Pearl River and Tucker, the Neshoba County portion of Bogue Chitto, and a small portion of Philadelphia. [2]

The tribal public schools in Pearl River, Tucker, and Bogue Chitto are not operated by the Neshoba County School district but by the Choctaw Tribal School System, an entity owned and operated by the sovereign nation of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.

History

Prior to 1970, a dual system of schools was maintained: one system for white students, and another for non-whites. In the late 1920s, the first school for black children in Philadelphia, the Neshoba County School met in the Black Masonic Lodge on the east side of the railroad track along Rea Street. In 1939 the Rosenwald foundation assisted in financing a new school, which was renamed the Neshoba County Training School. In 1948 a new building was built and adopted the name Booker T. Washington School. This school closed when the schools were integrated in 1970. [3]

In 1928, a group of black farmers organized a club to build the first black high school, on country road 553 in Hopewell. Each of the black families donated an acre of cotton, R.H. Molpus a lumber dealer, obtained materials. The white county agent supervised the cotton project to ensure consistency. Additional funds were provided by the Rosenwald Foundation. In 1929, a Jeanes teacher from the Negro Rural School Fund arrived. In 1936 funds were obtained by the county to expand the school to 8 months a year. In 1963, the Hopewell School was replaced by the county with a single high school for all black children in the county, which was named George Washington Carver High School. [4]

In 1965, Thelma Moore became the first black student to attend Neshoba County High School. After one year, she returned to George Washington Carver High School because of the difficulties faced in attending an integrated school. [5] In 1970, due to federally mandated integration, the school was closed and the black students attended Neshoba Central High School alongside white students. [4]

Schools

Demographics

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 3,079 students enrolled in the Neshoba County 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 20.88% African American, 69.28% White, 8.77% Native American, 0.75% Hispanic, and 0.32% Asian. [6] 45.6% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch. [7]

Previous school years

School YearEnrollmentGender MakeupRacial Makeup
FemaleMaleAsianAfrican
American		HispanicNative
American		White
2005-06 [6] 3,09751%49%0.39%20.08%0.58%8.27%70.68%
2004-05 [6] 3,01951%49%0.33%19.64%0.63%7.92%71.48%
2003-04 [6] 2,97551%49%0.20%19.19%0.37%7.56%72.67%
2002-03 [8] 2,86651%49%0.31%19.89%0.21%7.43%72.16%

Accountability statistics

2006-07 [9] 2005-06 [10] 2004-05 [11] 2003-04 [12] 2002-03 [13]
District Accreditation StatusAccreditedAccreditedAccreditedAccreditedAccredited
School Performance Classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools10000
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools23031
Level 3 (Successful) Schools00302
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools00000
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools00000
Not Assigned00000

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References

  1. ↑ "Home". Neshoba County School District. Retrieved August 6, 2022. 580 East Main Street Philadelphia, MS 39350
  2. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Neshoba County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved August 6, 2022. - Text list
  3. ↑ "BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SCHOOL" . Retrieved November 26, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER – HOPEWELL" . Retrieved November 26, 2018.
  5. ↑ "WELLS, THELMA MOORE". Mississippi Civil Rights Project. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original on March 23, 2007.
  7. ↑ "2006-07 State, District, and School Enrollment by Race/Gender with Poverty Data" (XLS). Mississippi Department of Education. January 16, 2008. Retrieved May 18, 2008.[ dead link ]
  8. ↑ "Mississippi Report Card for 2002-2003". Office of Educational Accountability, Mississippi Department of Education. September 2, 2004. Archived from the original on August 12, 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2007.
  9. ↑ "2007 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. September 13, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2007. Retrieved September 15, 2007.
  10. ↑ "2006 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. September 6, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 17, 2007. Retrieved June 14, 2007.
  11. ↑ "2005 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. September 9, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2007. Retrieved June 14, 2007.
  12. ↑ "2004 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. September 26, 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2007. Retrieved June 14, 2007.
  13. ↑ "2003 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. November 21, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2007. Retrieved June 14, 2007.
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