The Copiah County School District is a public

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based in Copiah County,

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). The district serves the communities of Crystal Springs, Wesson, Georgetown, and Beauregard.

Schools

Crystal Springs, Mississippi Crystal Springs is a city in Copiah County, Mississippi, Copiah County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 5,044 as of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, down from 5,873 in 2000. It is part of the Jackson, Mississippi, Jackson ...

**Crystal Springs Elementary School **Crystal Springs Middle School **Crystal Springs High School *

Wesson, Mississippi Wesson is a town in Copiah County, Mississippi, Copiah and Lincoln County, Mississippi, Lincoln counties, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,925 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jackson, Mississippi, Jackson Jackson, Mississippi ...

** Wesson Attendance Center The student body at Crystal Springs High School is 81 percent African American, 9 percent Hispanic, and 9 percent white.

Demographics

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 2,914 students enrolled in the Copiah County School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 48% female and 52% male. The racial makeup of the district was 59.33% African American, 38.88% White, 1.65% Hispanic, and 0.14% Asian. 64.7% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.

Previous school years

Accountability statistics

Alumni

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Copiah County School District
Education in Copiah County, Mississippi School districts in Mississippi School districts in the Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi