Lanier High School (Jackson, Mississippi)

Lanier High School is a high school in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Jackson Public School District. The current principal is Valerie Bradley.[4] There were a total of 872 students enrolled in Lanier High during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 52% female and 48% male. The racial makeup of the school is 100% African American.[5]

Lanier High School
Address
833 West Maple Street

Jackson
,
Mississippi

United States
Information
School typeSecondary
Motto"Enhancing Today's Minds to Lead Tomorrow's Future."
Established1925[1]
School districtJackson Public School District
SuperintendentCedric Gray[2]
PrincipalValarie Bradley
Staff47.92 (FTE)[3]
Enrollment639 (2018–19)[3]
Student to teacher ratio13.33[3]
Color(s)Maroon and white
MascotBulldog
Feeder schoolsBrinkley Middle School
Rowan Middle School
WebsiteOfficial website

History

Lanier was founded in 1925 as a junior and senior high school. It was named after William Henry Lanier (1855–1929), who was superintendent of black schools in Jackson from 1912 until his death.[1] Due to segregation, Lanier was reserved for black students.[6] Jackson schools integrated by law as per Derek Jerome Singleton vs. the Jackson Public School District, decided in 1969.[7]

Feeder pattern

The following schools feed into Lanier High School.[8]

  • Middle schools
    • Brinkley Middle School
  • Elementary schools
    • Dawson Elementary School
    • Galloway Elementary School
    • Johnson Elementary School
    • Smith Elementary School
    • Walton Elementary School

Notable alumni

References
  1. "School History". Lanier High School. Jackson (MS) Public Schools. Retrieved October 20, 2017. Lanier was first organized as a junior-senior high school in 1925 providing instruction for pupils from the seventh through the twelfth grades.
  2. "Superintendent". Retrieved December 17, 2008.
  3. "Lanier High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  4. "Administration / Principal". http. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  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. Dreher, Arielle (November 15, 2017). "How Integration Failed in Jackson's Public Schools from 1969 to 2017". Jackson Free Press.
  7. Taylor, Ayana (May 12, 2004). "JPS, Then and Now". Jackson Free Press. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  8. Feeder Patterns Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine – Jackson Public Schools.
  9. Jackson's 'Legends of Basketball' reunion brings together Brinkley, Jim Hill and Lanier high school players who 'ruled the court'
  10. Rayson, Ann. "Richard Wright's Life." Modern American Poetry. Nelson, Cary and Brinkman, Bartholomew, eds. Department of English, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: 2001.

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