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Jackson Public Schools is the second-largest school district in Mississippi, serving nearly 21,000 scholars, representing more than 80 percent of school-aged children in the state's capital and only urban municipality. Jackson, Mississippi has about 170,000 residents in an area of 104 square miles.
1888. ( 1888) School district. Jackson Public School District. Grades. 9–12. Central High School was a public high school in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It was established in 1888 and was part of the Jackson Public School District. Its building currently serves as the headquarters of the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE).
1949, there were 18 public schools in Jackson Public Schools to serve 5,734 White students and 4,184 Black students (Board of Trustees, 1963). By 1963, that number grew to 50 public schools to accommodate 21,353 White students and 15,195 Black students. However, this 1963 school distribu-tion was composed of only 16 Black schools compared to 34
Education in Mississippi. Formal education in Mississippi began in the early 19th century with private schools and academies, a public education system was founded during the Reconstruction era, by the biracial legislature led by the Republican Party. Throughout its history, Mississippi has produced notable education inequalities due to racial ...
Board of Education decision in 1954, the public high schools in Jackson, Mississippi, would remain segregated until 1970. The present study examines the effects of this social climate on the high school band programs in Jackson, Mississippi, during segregation and integration.
In Mississippi, there are 152 school districts consisting of 3 agricultural high schools, 68 county unit districts, and 81 separate district schools.. There are 1,089 elementary and secondary schools with 491,962 students and 33,358 teachers, compared to the national averages of 1,999 schools, 965,991 students, and 63,179 teachers.
JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT schools for this district: NCES District ID: 2802190: State District ID: MS-2520: Mailing Address: 662 S. President St Jackson, MS 39201-2338: Physical Address: 662 S. President St Jackson, MS 39201: Phone: (601)960-8725: Type: Regular local school district: Status: Open: Total Schools: 52: Supervisory Union #: N ...
The “common school” movement encouraged the creation of public schools for multiple purposes. In the 1830s, Horace Mann, a Massachusetts legislator and secretary of that state’s board of education, began to advocate for the creation of public schools that would be universally available to all children, free of charge, and funded by the state.