Hattiesburg Public School District

The Hattiesburg School District was a public school district based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States. The district includes most of Hattiesburg, but not all of it. Most of the district is located in Forrest County, but a small portion extends into Lamar County.^[1][2]

Camp School Building, district headquarters

Schools

Hattiesburg High School

High schools

• Hattiesburg High School (Grades 9-12)

Dr. Hubbard, Principal

Dr. Lashonda Short, Assistant Principal

James Grubbs, Assistant Principal

Marlon Andrews, Assistant Principal

Treenecia Garraway, Lead Counselor (P-Z)

Alysha Johnson, Counselor (A-G)

Joanne Allen, Counselor (H-O)

C. Jermaine Brown, Career & Technical Education Director

Charish Pierce, Counselor (Career and Technical Education)

Alternative schools

• Mary Bethune Attendance Center (Grades 7-11)

Dexter Jordan, Principal

Middle schools

• N. R. Burger king Middle School (Grades 7 & 8)

Carolla Jones, Principal

Christopher Mark, Assistant Principal

John E. Barnes, Jr., Assistant Principal

Elementary schools

• Lillie Burney STEAM ACADEMY (Grades 6)
• Grace Christian Elementary School (Grades K-5)
• George H. Hawkins Elementary School (Grades K-5)
• L. J. Rowan Elementary School (Grades K-5), formerly a high school named for Levi J. Rowan who served as President of Alcorn A. & M. College, now Alcorn State University. He mentored its principal N. R. Berger.^[3] The school was opened in 1950 as Royal Street High School, the second brick school for African Americans in Mississippi.^[4]
• W.I. Thames Elementary School (Grades K-5)
• F.B. Woodley Elementary School (Grades K-5)

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Demographics

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 4,469 students enrolled in the Hattiesburg Public School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 50% female and 50% male. The racial makeup of the district was 91.30% African American, 6.40% White, 1.70% Hispanic, 0.56% Asian, and 0.04% Native American.^[6] 78.5% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.^[7]

Previous school years

School Year	Enrollment	Gender Makeup		Racial Makeup
		Female	Male	Asian	African American	Hispanic	Native American	White
2005-06[6]	4,676	51%	49%	0.34%	90.33%	1.18%	–	8.15%
2004-05[6]	4,707	50%	50%	0.47%	89.50%	0.79%	0.02%	9.15%
2003-04[6]	4,761	50%	50%	0.44%	88.38%	0.82%	0.06%	10.29%
2002-03[8]	4,873	49%	51%	0.53%	87.54%	0.94%	0.12%	10.86%

Accountability statistics

	2006-07[9]	2005-06[10]	2004-05[11]	2003-04[12]	2002-03[13]
District Accreditation Status	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited
School Performance Classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools	0	1	0	0	0
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools	2	3	4	4	0
Level 3 (Successful) Schools	3	5	3	3	3
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools	4	0	2	2	4
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	1
Not Assigned	0	0	0	0	1

See also

• List of school districts in Mississippi