Prentiss County School District

The Prentiss County School District is a public school district based in Booneville, Prentiss County, Mississippi (USA).

In addition to portions of Booneville, the district also serves the towns of Marietta and Jumpertown, and the unincorporated communities of Altitude, New Site, Thrasher, and Wheeler.

Schools

• New Site High School (Grades 9-12)
  • 2006 National Blue Ribbon School ^[1]
• Jumpertown School (Grades K-12)
• Thrasher School (Grades K-12)
• Wheeler School (Grades K-12)
• Hills Chapel School (Grades K-8)
• Marietta Elementary School (Grades K-8)

Demographics

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 2,233 students enrolled in the Prentiss County School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the district was 6.94% African American, 92.34% White, 0.40% Hispanic, 0.13% Asian, and 0.18% Native American. ^[2] 51.3% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch. ^[3]

Previous school years

School Year	Enrollment	Gender Makeup		Racial Makeup
		Female	Male	Asian	African American	Hispanic	Native American	White
2005-06 [2]	2,219	50%	50%	0.09%	6.71%	0.09%	0.18%	92.92%
2004-05 [2]	2,155	49%	51%	0.09%	6.45%	0.09%	0.19%	93.18%
2003-04 [2]	2,279	50%	50%	0.13%	6.41%	0.26%	0.09%	93.11%
2002-03 [4]	2,251	49%	51%	0.09%	6.13%	0.13%	0.04%	93.60%

Accountability statistics

	2006-07 [5]	2005-06 [6]	2004-05 [7]	2003-04 [8]	2002-03 [9]
District Accreditation Status	Advised	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited
School Performance Classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools	3	3	3	4	3
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools	1	2	2	1	2
Level 3 (Successful) Schools	2	1	1	1	1
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Not Assigned	0	0	0	0	0

See also

• List of school districts in Mississippi

References

1. http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-2003.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
2. "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original on 2007-03-23.
3. "2006-07 State, District, and School Enrollment by Race/Gender with Poverty Data" (XLS). Mississippi Department of Education. 2008-01-16. Retrieved 2008-05-19.^{[ dead link ]}
4. "Mississippi Report Card for 2002-2003". Office of Educational Accountability, Mississippi Department of Education. 2004-09-02. Archived from the original on 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
5. "2007 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. 2007-09-13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-11-27. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
6. "2006 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. 2006-09-06. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-02-17. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
7. "2005 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. 2005-09-09. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-05. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
8. "2004 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. 2004-09-26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-05. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
9. "2003 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. 2003-11-21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-05. Retrieved 2007-06-17.

External links

• Official website
• Prentiss County School District – archived website from 2007

Coordinates: 34°39′20″N88°33′44″W / 34.655471°N 88.562302°W / 34.655471; -88.562302