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Jackson Public Schools is the second-largest school district in Mississippi, serving nearly 21,000 scholars, representing more than 80 percent of school-aged children in the state's capital and only urban municipality. Jackson, Mississippi has about 170,000 residents in an area of 104 square miles.
The former Central High School, the MDE headquarters building in Jackson, Mississippi. The Mississippi Department of Education ( MDE) is the state education agency of Mississippi. It is headquartered in the former Central High School Building at 359 North West Street in Jackson. [1] [2]
Central High School (Jackson, Mississippi) / 32.3022; -90.1848. Central High School was a public high school in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It was established in 1888 and was part of the Jackson Public School District. Its building currently serves as the headquarters of the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE).
East Central High School, Hurley. Gautier High School, Gautier. Mississippi Division of Independent Study, Ocean Springs. Moss Point High School, Moss Point. Ocean Springs High School, Ocean Springs. Pascagoula High School, Pascagoula. Resurrection Catholic School, Pascagoula. St. Martin High School, Ocean Springs.
Jackson County Exceptional School; Opportunity Center; College & Career Technical Institute (Grades 9–12) History Integration. Prior to integration, Pascagoula High School, then located on Pascagoula Street, served the white students of Pascagoula and Gautier.
Lanier High School is a public 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 during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 52% female and 48% male.
Jackson Academy is a private school in Jackson, Mississippi founded by Loyal M. Bearrs in 1959. Bearrs claimed he established the school to teach using an accelerated phonics program he developed, [3] [4] but the school remained completely racially segregated until 1986, even forgoing tax exemption in 1970 to avoid having to accept Black students.
Mississippi's Constitution of 1868, drafted by a biracial convention [citation needed], was the first legislation to provide for free public education for all children in the state. The constitution established a “uniform system of free public schools, by taxation or otherwise, for all children between the ages of five and twenty-one years.”.