Moor High School was a historically black, public

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Starkville, Mississippi Starkville is a city in, and the county seat of, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States. Mississippi State University is a land-grant institution and is located partially in Starkville but primarily in an adjacent unincorporated area desig ...

History

Moor served as a high school for black students until the public schools were integrated in 1970, after which it was technically integrated, although very few white students ever attended. Enrollment was combined with Alexander High School to form

East Oktibbeha County High School East Oktibbeha County High School (EOCHS) was a public secondary school located in unincorporated Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, near Crawford. It was a part of the Oktibbeha County School District, and was formed by the consolidation of two tradit ...

at the same site. Eventually, the Mississippi Legislature forced the Oktibbeha County School District to merge with the predominantly white Starkville School District to become the Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District.The Plan for Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District
." Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District. January 20, 2015. Retrieved on July 3, 2017. As of 2016, the site was abandoned.

Notable alumni

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