The Humphreys County School District is a public
school district
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations.
North America United States
In the U.S, most Kâ12 public schools function as units of local school districts, wh ...
with its administrative offices in
Belzoni,
Mississippi
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USA
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). The district's boundaries parallel that of
Humphreys County.
History
In 2019, the state Board of Education voted to take over the Humphreys County School District, as well as the
Yazoo City School District, and incorporated them into a new statewide "achievement district" ; the move came after the school districts were rated as chronically underperforming in terms of student academic achievement.
Schools
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Humphreys County High School
Humphreys County High School (HCHS) is a public senior high school in Belzoni, Mississippi, United States and a part of the Humphreys County School District.
The attendance boundary of the school district, and therefore the school's attendance b ...
*Humphreys County Vocational Tech.
*Humphreys Junior High School
*O. M. McNair Upper Elementary School
*Ida Greene Lower Elementary School
Demographics
2006-07 school year
There were a total of 1,840 students enrolled in the Humphreys 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 96.74% African American, 1.79% White, 1.41% Hispanic, and 0.05% Native American.
94.2% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.
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Previous school years
Accountability statistics
See also
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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
*North B ...
References
External links
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* {{webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/*/http://www.humphreyscsd.com/, title=Humphreys County School District
Education in Humphreys County, Mississippi
School districts in Mississippi