Noxubee County School District

Schools

• Noxubee County High School (Macon; Grades 9-12)
• B. F. Liddell Middle School (Macon; Grades 5-8)
• Earl Nash Elementary School (Macon; Grades K-4)
• Wilson Elementary School (Brooksville; Grades K-6)

Closed Schools

• Macon High School (Macon) (Closed)
• Reed Elementary School (Shuqualak; Grades K-6) (Now Closed)

W. B. Reed Elementary School was closed down in the year 2010 due to low enrollment. The elementary school, which was praised for being able to maintain a level 5 ranking for several consecutive years, was combined with Earl Nash Elementary School in Macon, Mississippi. It was reported that the Noxubee County school district was able to save $500,000 after just one year of not operating Reed Elementary. What was once Reed Elementar is now an alternative school for troubled students within the Noxubee County School District.

Integration

The public school population is less than 1% white, compared to 27% of the county population. In 1968, when the federal government mandated integration of public schools, Central Academy was founded in Macon as a segregation academy where white children could attend without having to go to school with black students. In 1982, private deals between board members and the academy to use public funds came to light. The NAACP responded by calling for the resignation of all Noxubee county school board members who had knowledge of the board's aid to the Academy, which at the time still did not enroll any black students.

Demographics

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 2,134 students enrolled in the Noxubee County School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the district was 98.83% African American, 0.75% White, 0.28% Hispanic, 0.09% Asian, and 0.05% Native American. All of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.

Previous school years

Accountability statistics

References

References

1. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Noxubee County, MS". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].
2. (October 2010). "2006-07 State, District, and School Enrollment by Race/Gender with Poverty Data". Mississippi Department of Education.
3. (2005). "[[The Hardest Deal of All]]". University Press of Mississippi.
4. (May 19, 1982). "Schools board member resigns before NAACP asks". Clarksdale Press-Register.
5. "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education.
6. (October 2010). "2006-07 State, District, and School Enrollment by Race/Gender with Poverty Data". Mississippi Department of Education.
7. (2004-09-02). "Mississippi Report Card for 2002-2003". Office of Educational Accountability, Mississippi Department of Education.
8. (2007-09-13). "2007 Results". Mississippi Department of Education.
9. (2006-09-06). "2006 Results". Mississippi Department of Education.
10. (2005-09-09). "2005 Results". Mississippi Department of Education.
11. (2004-09-26). "2004 Results". Mississippi Department of Education.
12. (2003-11-21). "2003 Results". Mississippi Department of Education.