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Clarksdale High School

Public school in Mississippi, United States

Summary

Public school in Mississippi, United States

Field	Value
name	Clarksdale High School
streetaddress	1101 Wildcat Drive
city	Clarksdale
state	Mississippi
county	(Coahoma County)
zipcode	38614
country	USA
coordinates
principal	Henry Johnson
staff	37.08 (FTE)
ratio	12.89
type	Public high school
enrollment	478
enrollment_as_of	2023-2024
<!--	campus	(Urban/Country)--
colors	Royal blue and scarlet

mascot	Wildcats
website	https://www.cmsdschools.org/chs

Clarksdale High School (CHS) is the public high school of Clarksdale, Mississippi and a part of the Clarksdale Municipal School District. As of 2023 Clarksdale High School had about 450 students. About 96 percent were black, with whites and Hispanic students making up the remaining four percent.

History

Around the time of racial integration, circa the 1960s, there had been plans to build a new consolidated Clarksdale-Coahoma County High School to serve all children in Coahoma County; plans were abandoned, even though the building was already constructed, because the officials wanted to maintain segregation in a de facto manner.

After Clarksdale High integrated racially (sometime around 1970) the school administration refused to allow students to do a black history week, a frequent practice at schools for black people. As a result, 80 students walked out of classes in protest.

Extracurricular activities

In the early 20th century the school band, organized by Simon Kooyman, won Mississippi state championships and was named a Goodwill Ambassador to the city.

Alumni

Earl Barron, NBA player
Art Davis (American football), NFL player
JT Gray, NFL player
Elgton Jenkins, NFL player
Kelley Jones, college football cornerback for the Mississippi State Bulldogs
Bill Luckett (businessman)
Terrence Metcalf, NFL player

References

"Clarksdale High School". National Center for Education Statistics.
"MHSAA School Directory".
(August 2024)
[[Curtis Wilkie. Wilkie, Curtis]]. ''Dixie: A Personal Odyssey Through Events That Shaped the Modern South''. [[Simon and Schuster]], October 10, 2002. {{ISBN
Bolton, Charles C. ''[[The Hardest Deal of All: The Battle Over School Integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980]]''. [[University Press of Mississippi]], 2005. {{ISBN
Flowers, Judith Coleman (on behalf of the Carnegie Public Library). ''Clarksdale and Coahoma County''. [[Arcadia Publishing]], 2016. {{ISBN
"Earl Barron Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more".
(17 July 2023). "NFL players visit the Mississippi Delta".
[https://clarksdaleadvocate.news/kelley-jones-from-clarksdale-standout-to-rising-star-at-state/ Kelley Jones: From Clarksdale Standout to Rising Star at State]
Wagster Pettus, Emily. (July 27, 2011). "Governor Candidate Profile: Bill Luckett". The Commercial Dispatch.

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