Corinth School District

The Corinth School District is a public school district based in Corinth, Mississippi, United States. The district includes Corinth High School. Easom High School served black students in the area during segregation.

Schools

• Corinth High School (grades 9-12)^[1]
• Corinth Junior High School (Grades 7-8)
• South Corinth Elementary School (grades 5-6)
• East Corinth Elementary School (grades 2-4)
• West Corinth Elementary School (grades K-1)

The two-story brick high school was built in 1938 and 1939 according to an Art Moderne design by Stevens & Johnston.^[2]

Its football team was established in 1913 and won a state playoff championship in 2019.^[3]

The school has a homecoming parade through downtown Corinth with floats. Another tradition is the beauty revue.^[4]

Schools in the area were segregated. Black students attended Easom High School,^[5] which later became South Corinth High School.^[6] After desegregation, white faculty increased and black faculty decreased.^[7]

Edward Simon Bishop Sr., the first black mayor of Corinth, was a principal at Eason High School.^[8]

The school's athletic teams are known as The Warriors.

Alumni who played in the NFL include receiver Larry Dorsey, Carver Shannon, Jackie Simpson, and Ev Sharp.^[9]

Demographics

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 1,947 students enrolled in the Corinth School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 48% female and 52% male. The racial makeup of the district was 40.01% African American, 55.47% White, 3.75% Hispanic, 0.56% Asian, and 0.21% Native American.^[10] 47.1% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.^[11]

Previous school years

School year	Enrollment	Gender makeup		Racial makeup
		Female	Male	Asian	African American	Hispanic	Native American	White
2005-06[10]	1,904	49%	51%	0.63%	42.17%	3.05%	–	54.15%
2004-05[10]	1,881	49%	51%	0.74%	41.41%	3.30%	0.05%	54.49%
2003-04[10]	1,808	48%	52%	1.00%	42.92%	2.54%	0.06%	53.48%
2002-03[12]	1,781	47%	53%	0.90%	43.12%	2.36%	0.11%	53.51%

Accountability statistics

	2006-07[13]	2005-06[14]	2004-05[15]	2003-04[16]	2002-03[17]
District accreditation status	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited
School performance classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools	3	3	4	4	3
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools	1	1	0	0	0
Level 3 (Successful) Schools	0	0	0	0	1
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0

See also

• List of school districts in Mississippi