The Tupelo Public 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 K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts, wh ...

based in Tupelo,

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

(

USA The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...

). The school district currently has 13 schools, grades Pre-K - 12th, that are in regular function throughout the year. It includes most of the city of Tupelo and a small portion of

Saltillo Saltillo () is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. Mexico City, Monterrey, and Saltillo are all connected by a major railroad and highwa ...

Schools

High school

*Grades 9-12 **

Tupelo High School Tupelo High School is the only public high school in Tupelo, Mississippi. The campus consists of fourteen buildings, including a Performing Arts Center, separate buildings for social studies, English, math, sciences, fine arts, and a self-conta ...

Middle schools

*Grades 7-8 **Tupelo Middle School *Grade 6 **Milam Elementary School

Elementary schools

*Grades 3-5 **Carver Elementary School **Lawndale Elementary School **Rankin Elementary School ***2000-2001

National Blue Ribbon School The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States Department of Education award program that recognizes exemplary public and non-public schools on a yearly basis. Using standards of excellence evidenced by student achievement measures, ...

*Grades K-2 **Church Street Elementary School ***2000-2001

**Joyner Elementary School **Lawhon Elementary School **Parkway Elementary School **Pierce Street Elementary School **Thomas Street Elementary School ***1989-1990 and 2000-2001

*Preschool **Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC)

Alternative school

* Grades K-12 ** Fillmore Center

Demographics

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 7,190 students enrolled in the Tupelo 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 46.24% African American, 49.86% White, 2.21% Hispanic, 1.66% Asian, and 0.03% Native American. 42.2% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.

Previous school years

Accountability statistics

References

School district homepage

* {{coord, 34.256334, -88.706339, display=title Tupelo, Mississippi Education in Lee County, Mississippi School districts in Mississippi