The Mound Bayou Public School District was a public

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with its headquarters in Mound Bayou,

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). In addition to Mound Bayou, the district also served the town of Winstonville. On July 1, 2014 consolidated with the North Bolivar School District in Shelby, Mississippi to form the

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. The central office for this consolidated district is located in Mound Bayou.

Schools

* John F. Kennedy Memorial High School (Grades 7-12) *I.T. Montgomery Elementary School (Grades K-6) **It was named after

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, cofounder of Mound Bayou.

Operations

In 2006 the school district's taxing resulted in the district spending $222 per student, taking up 5% of the operating costs, with other entities paying for the rest. This made Mound Bayou the poorest overall district in Mississippi, though not poorest in terms of taxable property. The State of Mississippi overall funded a greater percentage of the district's costs compared to a school district with more taxable property and/or funds from taxation.

Performance

Circa 2012 the State of Mississippi ranked the district "successful", the only

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district to get that distinction. In addition a ''

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'' article from that year concluded that of all Mississippi school districts Mound Bayou was the most financially stable. After the merger with North Bolivar perception of Mound Bayou district residents was that the state had interfered with a previously stable school district.

Demographics

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 653 students enrolled in the Mound Bayou 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 99.69% African American, 0.15% White, and 0.15% Hispanic. All of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.

Previous school years

Accountability statistics

References

External links

* {{Defunct school districts in Mississippi Education in Bolivar County, Mississippi Former school districts in Mississippi 2014 disestablishments in Mississippi School districts disestablished in 2014 Mound Bayou, Mississippi