Charleston High School (Mississippi)

Charleston High School
Address
411 East Chestnut Street Charleston, Mississippi, Tallahatchie, 38921 United States
Coordinates	34°00′41″N 90°02′53″W / 34.011471°N 90.048065°W / 34.011471; -90.048065Coordinates: 34°00′41″N 90°02′53″W / 34.011471°N 90.048065°W / 34.011471; -90.048065
Information
Type	Public
School district	East Tallahatchie School District
Principal	William Shaw[1]
Grades	9-12[2]
Number of students	422[2]
Athletics conference	MHSAA Region 3, 3A
Website	CHS website

Charleston High School is a public high school in Charleston, Mississippi, United States.

The school held its first racially integrated prom in April 2008,^[3] which was the subject of the 2008 HBO documentary Prom Night in Mississippi. The documentary focused on the school and the efforts to have a mixed prom instead of segregated proms, with one for whites and the other for blacks.

In 2010, the graduation rate was 68.8%.^[4][5] The school district is considered to be "at risk of failing" by the No Child Left Behind standards.^[6]

References

1. ^ http://www.etsd.k12.ms.us/index_files/CHS/index.html
2. ^ ^{a b} http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/sch_info_popup.asp?Type=Public&ID=280141000207
3. ^ Mississippi School Holds First Interracial Prom. The Bryant Park Project. National Public Radio. 2008-06-11.
4. ^ "2010 Accountability Result". Mississippi Department of Education. http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/ACC10LST.xls. Retrieved 7 March 2011. 
5. ^ "State report card". Mississippi Department of Education. http://www.msreportcard.com/nclb/school/6811.pdf. Retrieved 7 March 2011. 
6. ^ "MSReportCard.com - Mississippi Public School Information". http://www.msreportcard.com/?dist=6811. Retrieved 7 March 2011.