The Greenville Public School District (GPSD) or Greenville Public Schools (GPS) is a public

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based in Greenville,

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'' wrote in 2021 that the district was "one of the most under-resourced school districts" in the United States.

Schools

High school: * Greenville High School ** It has/had two campuses: Greenville Campus and Weston CampusSchools
" Greenville Public School District (old website). Retrieved on July 3, 2017. Middle schools: * Coleman Middle School * TL Weston Middle School Elementary schools: * Matty Akin Elementary School ** As of a year before 2017 it was the largest elementary school in the community. * Julia L. Armstrong Elementary School * Boyd Elementary School * Darling Achievement Center (formerly Darling Elementary School) * Carrie Stern Elementary School * Trigg Elementary School * Lucy L. Webb Elementary School ** It includes the Lucy Webb Kindergarten Preparatory School, the district's first area that only houses kindergarten classes. * Weddington Elementary School Preschools: * McBride Pre-K Academy

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: * Solomon Magnet School Other campuses: * Greenville Technical Center Former schools: *Solomon Middle School * Fulwiler Elementary School * Manning Elementary School * McBride Elementary School

Demographics

2006–07 school year

There were a total of 7,001 students enrolled in the Greenville Public School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 50% female and 50% male. The racial makeup of the district was 97.30% African American, 2.44% White, 0.14% Hispanic, and 0.11% Asian. 97.1% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.

Previous school years

Accountability statistics

References

External links

*
Greenville Public School District
(old website)

at EducationBug.org
Greenville Public Schools
at SchoolDigger.com {{Greenville, Mississippi Greenville, Mississippi Education in Washington County, Mississippi School districts in Mississippi