Magnolia Heights School is a

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Senatobia, Mississippi Senatobia is a city in and the county seat of Tate County, Mississippi, United States, and is the 16th largest municipality in the Memphis Metropolitan Area. The population was 8,165 at the 2010 census. Senatobia is home to Northwest Mississippi ...

. The school was established in 1970 as a

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Foundations

Magnolia Heights School was founded by Nat G. Troutt, encouraged by a group of citizens who desired segregated education in the Tate County after desegregation. In the school's first session in 1970–71, 233 students attended with the first senior class graduating fifteen students on the front campus of the school. School enrollment in the 2015-16 year was 628. In grades 1–12, 5 of 584, or less than 1%, of students were black. The school was part of a wave of

segregation academies Segregation academies are private schools in the Southern United States that were founded in the mid-20th century by white parents to avoid having their children attend desegregated public schools. They were founded between 1954, when the U.S ...

that opened after the court ordered desegregation of Mississippi public schools.

Academics

In 2017, the school claimed a 100% graduation rate, with 100% offered scholarships.

Notable alumni

* Cameron Lawrence, former

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player * Addison Lawrence, former football player for Mississippi State

References

{{authority control Educational institutions established in 1970 Private K–12 schools in Mississippi Schools in Tate County, Mississippi Preparatory schools in Mississippi Segregation academies in Mississippi