Olive Branch High School (Olive Branch, Mississippi)

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Olive Branch High School
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Olive Branch High School (Olive Branch, Mississippi)
9366 Sandidge Road

Olive Branch
,
Mississippi
38654

United States
Coordinates 34°56′58″N89°49′22″W / 34.9495°N 89.8227°W / 34.9495; -89.8227
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TypePublic high school
Established1970 (1970)
School district DeSoto County School District
PrincipalJacob Stripling [1]
Teaching staff72.73 (on an FTE basis) [2]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment1,117 (2022–23) [2]
Student to teacher ratio15.36 [2]
Color(s)Blue, Gold and White    
Team nameConquistadors
Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Website obh.desotocountyschools.org

Olive Branch High School is a suburban public high school in Olive Branch, Mississippi, United States, part of the Memphis metropolitan area. Olive Branch is a part of the DeSoto County School District.

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History

Original Olive Branch High School

Although the town of Olive Branch was extremely small for much of the 20th century, with a population of about 400 during the 1930s, newspaper records indicate the existence of a high school in the town no later than 1936. [3] At that time the school had approximately 120 students, implying that students from outside city limits also attended. [3]

In the era of formalized racial segregation in Mississippi, it appears there were both black and white high schools in Olive Branch However, the black students still to this day face constant racism and prejudice from both white students and faculty members. These incidents were reported yet no action has been taken. There has been an uprise of white supremacist students attacking the nonwhite students and faculty.. [4]

Integration

Today's Olive Branch High School was established in 1970 after amalgamating Olive Branch High School and East Side High School. The school's mascot — the Conquistador — was chosen because "it was neither black nor white. It was seen as a conqueror to overcome the racial segregation of the past." [5]

The high school moved into its new and current building in 1996.

Athletics

Teams

Olive Branch's athletic teams are nicknamed the Conquistadors and the school's colors are white, gold, and blue. Olive Branch teams compete in the following sports:

State championships

Football

Basketball

Demographics

5% of the students at Olive Branch identify as Caucasian. 90% identify as African American, 4% as Hispanic, and 1% identify as Asian. [8]

Notable alumni

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  1. ↑ "Jacob Stripling named new Olive Branch principal". DeSoto Times-Tribune. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "OLIVE BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Associated Press, "Olive Branch School Has Two Principals," Daily Herald [Biloxi], March 17, 1936, p. 1.
  4. ↑ "Nine School Buildings Approved". Jackson Clarion-Ledger . May 28, 1957. p. 5.
  5. ↑ "Olive Branch High School" . Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Olive Branch High School". Public School Review. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Olive Branch claims 5A state championship".
  8. ↑ "Football champions". Mississippi High School Activities Association. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Kelvin Bell". University of Iowa Athletics. 2020-04-09. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  10. ↑ "Olive Branch lineman Shon Coleman, Aubrey Phillips back with Auburn Tigers". AL.com. 26 March 2011. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  11. ↑ Miller, Brody (March 24, 2018). "Meet the 2018 Clarion Ledger All-State boys' basketball team". The Clarion-Ledger . Retrieved May 13, 2020.
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