Leland High School (Leland, Mississippi)

Leland High School (Leland, Mississippi)

infobox school
name=Leland High School
streetaddress=403 East Third Street
city=Leland
state=Mississippi
zipcode=38756
country=USA
phone=662-686-5020
principal=Jessie King
grades=9-12
students=302
website= [http://www2.mde.k12.ms.us/7612/lhshome.html Leland High School]

Leland Senior High School (LHS) is an American public high school in Leland, Mississippi. It educates approximately 282 students in grades nine through twelve. It is a part of the Leland School District. Leland Elementary and Leland School Park feed students in to Leland High School.

The school is noted for having graduated in 1982 the first racially integrated school population from K-12 in Mississippi. [cite news | title=The death of a dream - A pioneering Southern town has turned its back on school integration - Slowly and silently, Leland, Miss has abandoned its ideals | work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | page=G1 | date=1992-05-31 |quote= In a state long defined by its racial bigotry, the high school graduates of Leland (Miss.) High School in 1982 were the culmination of the stuggle to integrate public education. They were the first white and black children to study together through 12 grades]

For the last four years, Leland exceeded state-wide averages in the SATPIt also has been a Level 5 school for the past 6 years for the Mississsipi Subject Area State Testing cite web | url=http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/achievement/ms/564#from..Tab |title=Leland High School Test Scores - Leland, Mississippi - MS | accessdate=2008-02-18]

References

External links

* [http://www2.mde.k12.ms.us/7612/lhshome.html Official website]
* [http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/ms/564/ Great Schools profile of Leland HS]


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