Holmes County Central High School

Holmes County Central High School is a senior high school in unincorporated Holmes County, Mississippi, United States, about 0.25 miles (0.40 km) south of Lexington.[2] A part of the Holmes County School District,[3] it occupies the former J.J. McClain High School.[4] The mascot is the jaguar,[5] and it serves grades 9–12.[6]

Holmes County Central High School
Address
9749 Brozville Road

Lexington
,
Mississippi
39095

United States
Coordinates
Information
School typePublic
Founded2015
School districtHolmes County School District
Grades9–12
Enrollment788 (2016–17)[1]
Color(s)cardinal, gold
Team nameJaguars
Websitesites.google.com/a/holmes.k12.ms.us/holmes-county-central-high-school/

As of 2015 the school had about 760 students, with 99% of them being African-American.[6]

History

It opened in 2015 and was the consolidation of the high school sectors of Jacob Joshua McClain High School, S.V. Marshall High School, and Williams-Sullivan High School.[5] The school district attempted to pass a bond to build a consolidated high school in August 2013, but it was voted down.[7]

Stanford University Graduate School of Education Center to Support Excellence in Teaching (CSET) stated that "Despite concerns by some in the community, the merging of the high schools has been a success."[6]

In March 2018 the newly-elected Holmes County school board voted to move high school students in Durant High School to Holmes County Central High, an action opposed by area residents.[8] Due to the consolidation, the district again sought a new building for its consolidated high school. As of 2017 it is considering acquiring a former factory, which would only need $20 million to be renovated into a high school.[7]

Academic performance

In 2015 about 66% of incoming 9th graders had reading scores below their intended grade levels.[9]

References
  1. "HOLMES COUNTY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  2. "History." J.J. McClain High School. May 4, 2006. Retrieved on July 9, 2017. Note that Holmes County is located at the former McClain High.
  3. Home. Holmes County Central High School. Retrieved on July 9, 2017. "9479 Brozville Road ● Lexington, MS 39095"
  4. Home. J.J. McClain High School. March 22, 2006. Retrieved on July 9, 2017. " J.J. McClain High School 9479 Brozeville Rd. Lexington, MS 39095"
  5. Stevens, Calvin. "New high school in Holmes." The Greenwood Commonwealth. Sunday July 20, 2014. Page B002. Retrieved on July 9, 2017.
  6. "2015 Hollyhock Fellows." Stanford University Graduate School of Education Center to Support Excellence in Teaching (CSET). Retrieved on July 9, 2017.
  7. Hillyer, Ben (2017-05-14). "Sunday focus: One Mississippi school district considers alternative to building new school". Natchez Democrat. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  8. Carter, Margaret-Ann (2018-03-09). "Some Durant Public School Students to be transferred to Holmes County School". WJTV. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  9. Boger, Paul. "Feds Are Underfunding Mississippi Schools?." Mississippi Public Radio. May 2, 2016. Retrieved on July 9, 2017.


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