Prentiss County School District

The Prentiss County School District is a public school district based in Booneville, Mississippi (USA).

In addition to portions of Booneville, the district also serves the towns of Marietta and Jumpertown, and the unincorporated communities of New Site, Thrasher, and Wheeler.

chools

*New Site High School (Grades 9-12)
**2006 National Blue Ribbon School [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-2003.pdf] ]
*Jumpertown School (Grades K-12)
*Thrasher School (Grades K-12)
*Wheeler School (Grades K-12)
*Hills Chapel School (Grades K-8)
*Marietta Elementary School (Grades K-8)

Demographics

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 2,233 students enrolled in the Prentiss 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 6.94% African American, 92.34% White, 0.40% Hispanic, 0.13% Asian, and 0.18% Native American.cite web | url = http://orsap.mde.k12.ms.us:8080/MAARS/indexProcessor.jsp | title = Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System | publisher = Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education] 51.3% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch. [cite web | url = http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/2008Report/DEMO0607.xls | title = 2006-07 State, District, and School Enrollment by Race/Gender with Poverty Data | format = XLS | publisher = Mississippi Department of Education | date = 2008-01-16 | accessdate = 2008-05-19]

Previous school years

Accountability statistics

ee also

*List of school districts in Mississippi

References

External links

* [http://www2.mde.k12.ms.us/5900/index.html Prentiss County School District]