Pearl Public School District

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The Pearl Public School District is a public school district based in Pearl, Mississippi (USA) in Greater Jackson. The district's boundaries parallel the city limits of Pearl.

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Schools

*Expansions include anything from adding a new wing or classrooms to adding new administrative offices, to adding a press box to the baseball field.

Ratings

Pearl High School is currently rated a 5, which is the highest education level a school can reach in our nation's standard as set down by the No Child Left Behind Act, signed by President George W. Bush. Schools ratings are based on the Mississippi Curriculum Tests, which are issued every year to determine a school's effectiveness on its students.

Extracurricular programs

The Pearl Junior High School and Pearl High School athletic teams compete in football, baseball, soccer, track & field, and softball. The school's mascot is the pirate.

The teams have had many state championships in sports such as Track & Field, Baseball, Soccer and Cheerleading. The high school has also won state championships in Band, Dance, and Drama. For the past 5 years Pearl High School has won the 4-A State Championship in Soccer. The football team has won numerous district titles, its latest being in 2008 until winning back-to-back south state championships in 2016 and 2017. In 2017, Pearl Football pulled out its first and only championship in school history.

Other organizations have also competed in state and district championships in Band, Choir, Dance, and Drama. The school's band is a worldwide known band. The Pearl Pirate Band have received all Superior rating for 50 years from MHSSA/MBA from 1969–2019 and is the only band to do so. They performed in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1999. They won the 2008 and 2012 Mississippi Indoor Percussion Circuit Championships. The Pirate Band are 4x State Champions from 2007 4A State Marching Champion, 2009 and 2011–12 5A State Marching Champions. They are the Pearl Pirate Band and have a partial reputation for performing at theme parks such as Disney World and Six Flags. They are former Bands of America finalists, and former Grand National Championship to the Super Regional Championship 1980–2014. They also competed at the Emerald Coast Marching Classic in the 1980s, 2015–16, and 2018.

School uniforms

Approved by the board on January 11, 1999 and beginning in August 1999, elementary school (K–5) students are required to wear school uniforms. [2]

Demographics

2006–07 school year

There were a total of 3,849 students enrolled in the Pearl Public School District during the 2006–07 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the district was 29.07% African American, 64.69% White, 5.25% Hispanic, 0.81% Asian, and 0.18% Native American. [3] 44.4% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch. [4]

Previous school years

School YearEnrollmentGender MakeupRacial Makeup
FemaleMaleAsianAfrican
American
HispanicNative
American
White
2005-06 [3] 3,82450%50%0.81%28.01%3.58%0.13%67.47%
2004-05 [3] 3,72649%51%0.78%28.61%2.76%0.05%67.79%
2003-04 [3] 3,64749%51%0.66%26.60%2.19%0.14%70.41%
2002-03 [5] 3,71849%51%0.78%25.12%2.07%0.08%71.95%

Accountability statistics

2006-07 [6] 2005-06 [7] 2004-05 [8] 2003-04 [9] 2002-03 [10]
District Accreditation StatusAccreditedAccreditedAccreditedAccreditedAccredited
School Performance Classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools21111
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools23321
Level 3 (Successful) Schools00012
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools00000
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools00000
Not Assigned11111

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 City of Pearl, Mississippi 2009 Comprehensive Plan; Pages 25-28; Accessed May 06, 2009
  2. "Student Uniform Dress Code." Pearl Public School District Student/Parent Handbook [ permanent dead link ]. Pearl Public School District. 50 (56/120). Retrieved on August 30, 2010.
  3. 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.
  4. "2006-07 State, District, and School Enrollment by Race/Gender with Poverty Data" (XLS). Mississippi Department of Education. January 16, 2008. Retrieved May 19, 2008.[ dead link ]
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. "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 17, 2007.
  8. "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 17, 2007.
  9. "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 17, 2007.
  10. "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 17, 2007.

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