The Lumberton Public School District was a public

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based in Lumberton,

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, United States. In addition to Lumberton, the district also served rural areas in southeastern Lamar and northeastern

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counties. The district consolidated into the

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in 2018. The district in 2018 had 600 students, with about 460 in Lamar County and 140 in Pearl River County.

History

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signed Senate Bill 2500, which required this district to consolidate, in 2016. As per the bill, the Commission on the Administrative Consolidation of the Lumberton Public School District was created. This move was praised by the superintendent of the Lumberton district, Linda Smith. Initially the Lumberton district, as per the senate bill, was to be dissolved effective July 1, 2019, with portions in Lamar County going to the Lamar County School District and Pearl River County portions to the Poplarville Separate School District. By 2018 the Lumberton and Lamar county districts chose to do a voluntary consolidation, effective July 1, 2018, where the entirety of the students living in the Lumberton district, including those in both counties, would continue going to Lumberton school buildings operated by the Lamar district. Poplarville's school board as well as the Pearl River County Board sued to stop the voluntary merger so the school district could obtain a portion of the Lumberton district, but the lawsuit was dismissed. The

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cleared the way for the merger. Pearl River County Supervisor Hudson Holliday states that if the Lamar County district later closes Lumberton High School, several Pearl River County students would be assigned to Purvis High School even though Poplarville High School is geographically closer to them.

Schools

* Lumberton High School (Grades 9-12) *Lumberton Elementary & Middle School (Grades K-8)

Demographics

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 869 students enrolled in the Lumberton Public 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 44.07% African American, 55.58% White, and 0.35% Hispanic. 76.5% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.

Previous school years

Accountability statistics

References

External links

Lumberton Schools
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* * {{Defunct school districts in Mississippi Education in Lamar County, Mississippi Education in Pearl River County, Mississippi Former school districts in Mississippi 2018 disestablishments in Mississippi School districts disestablished in 2018