The Claiborne County School District is a public
school district
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based in
Port Gibson
Port Gibson is a city in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,567 at the 2010 census. Port Gibson is the county seat of Claiborne County, which is bordered on the west by the Mississippi River. It is the site of th ...
,
Mississippi
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USA
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). The district's boundaries parallel that of
Claiborne County.
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Schools
*Port Gibson High School
Port Gibson High School is a public high school in unincorporated Claiborne County, Mississippi, with a Port Gibson. It opened in 1924. It is part of the Claiborne County School District. The student body is 99 percent African American. The old Por ...
*Port Gibson Middle School
*A. W. Watson Jr. Elementary School
Demographics
2006-07 school year
There were a total of 1,899 students enrolled in the Claiborne County School District during the 2006â2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 50% female and 50% male. The racial makeup of the district was 99.53% African American and 0.47% White.[ ]
Previous school years
Accountability statistics
See also
*List of school districts in Mississippi
This is a list of school districts in Mississippi.
Alcorn County
*Alcorn School District
* Corinth School District
Attala County
* Attala County School District
* Kosciusko School District
Bolivar County
*Cleveland School District
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*Chamberlain-Hunt Academy
Chamberlain-Hunt Academy was a boarding school in Port Gibson, Mississippi. The school was founded in 1830 as Oakland College and closed in 2014.
The campus, with its buildings in brick Georgian Revival style, is listed in the National Registe ...
- Private school in Port Gibson
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://www.claiborne.k12.ms.us
Claiborne County School District
(Archive)
Education in Claiborne County, Mississippi
School districts in Mississippi