Western Line School District

The Western Line School District (WLSD) is a public school district based in the community of Avon, Mississippi (USA).

In addition to Avon, the district serves the town of Metcalfe, a small portion of Greenville, as well as the unincorporated communities of Glen Allan and Winterville in Washington County.^[1] A small portion of northwestern Issaquena County lies within the district, including a section of Grace.^[2] It also serves Wayside.^{[citation needed]}

The district was established in 1957.^[3]

Schools

• O'Bannon High School
• Riverside High School
• O'Bannon Elementary School
• Riverside Elementary School
  • Its Kindergarten classes are in the Morris Center Campus^[4]

Former schools:

• Skidsboro Junior High School

Demographics

2007-08 school year

There were a total of 1,973 students enrolled in the Western Line School District during the 2007–2008 school year. The makeup of the district was 46% female and 54% male. The racial makeup of the district was 53.22% African American, 44.45% White, 1.82% Hispanic, and 0.51% Asian.^[5]

Previous school years

School Year	Enrollment	Gender Makeup		Racial Makeup
		Female	Male	Asian	African American	Hispanic	Native American	White
2006-07[5]	2,044	46%	54%	0.34%	52.05%	2.30%	0.05%	45.25%
2005-06[5]	2,073	47%	53%	0.34%	52.00%	1.74%	–	45.92%
2004-05[5]	2,069	47%	53%	0.48%	50.94%	1.59%	–	46.98%
2003-04[5]	2,050	46%	54%	0.49%	50.83%	1.46%	–	47.22%
2002-03[6]	2,090	47%	53%	0.43%	53.16%	1.29%	0.38%	44.74%

Accountability statistics

	2007-08[7]	2006-07[8]	2005-06[9]	2004-05[10]	2003-04[11]	2002-03[12]
District Accreditation Status	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited
School Performance Classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools	No School Performance Classifications Assigned	0	0	0	0	0
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools		2	2	3	2	2
Level 3 (Successful) Schools		2	2	2	2	2
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools		0	0	0	1	1
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools		0	0	0	0	0
Not Assigned		0	0	0	0	0

See also

• Givhan v. Western Line Consolidated School District
• List of school districts in Mississippi

References

1. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Washington County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
2. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Issaquena County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
3. "wlsd_sign.jpeg." Western Line School District. Retrieved on July 4, 2017.
4. "High School Student Handbook 2015–2016 XXV" Western Line School District. Retrieved on July 8, 2017. p. 3 (PDF p. 3/51).
5. "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original on March 23, 2007.
6. "Mississippi Report Card for 2002–2003" (PDF). Office of Educational Accountability, Mississippi Department of Education. September 2, 2004. Retrieved August 31, 2007.
7. "2008 Results". Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. October 9, 2007. Archived from the original (XLS) on August 7, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
8. "2007 Results". Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. September 13, 2007. Archived from the original (XLS) on August 7, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2007.
9. "2006 Results". Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. September 6, 2006. Archived from the original (XLS) on August 7, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2007.
10. "2005 Results". Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. September 9, 2005. Archived from the original (XLS) on August 7, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2007.
11. "2004 Results". Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. September 26, 2004. Archived from the original (XLS) on August 7, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2007.
12. "2003 Results". Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. November 21, 2003. Archived from the original (XLS) on August 7, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2007.

External links

• Official website