Wingfield High School

Wingfield High School is a high school in Jackson, Mississippi (USA). It is part of the Jackson Public School District. Almost 900 children from southern Jackson attend Wingfield High School in grades 9–12, as well as over 70 administration and staff. The principal of is Roderick Smith.

Wingfield High School
Address
1985 Scanlon Dr

Jackson
,
Hinds
,
Mississippi
39204-4419

United States
Coordinates32°16′51″N 90°14′30″W
Information
School typePublic
Established1966
School districtJackson Public Schools [1]
NCES School ID280219000423 [1]
PrincipalRoderick Smith[2]
Teaching staff49.59 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12 [1]
Number of students766 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio15.45[1]
SportsBoys Sports

Football Cross Country Basketball Track Soccer Baseball Tennis Golf

Girls Sports

Basketball Track Soccer Slow Pitch Softball Tennis Golf Volleyball

[3]
MascotFalcon
Team nameMighty Falcons
Feeder schoolsPeeples Middle School, Whitten Middle School
Websitewww.jackson.k12.ms.us/wingfield

The mascot of Wingfield is the falcon.

Demographics

There are a total of 859 students enrolled in Wingfield High during the 2011–2012 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the school was 97.35% African American and 2.65% White.[4]

School Shooting

18-year-old dropout James Hartzog killed his girlfriend, 17-year-old Faye Williams, in her algebra class at Wingfield High School. Hartzog then took his own life.[5]

Feeder pattern

The following schools feed into Wingfield High School.[6]

  • Middle Schools
    • Peeples Middle School
    • Whitten Middle School
  • Elementary Schools
    • Key Elementary School
    • Lester Elementary School
    • Marshall Elementary School
    • Sykes Elementary School
    • Wilkins Elementary School

References
  1. "Wingfield High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  2. "*Wingfield Administration / Principal". www.jackson.k12.ms.us. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  3. "Athletics". Wingfield High School. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  4. "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education.
  5. "Shotgun Murder, Suicide In High School Classroom". The Victoria Advocate, Volume 137, Number 190 (Victoria, Texas). November 13, 1982. p. 9A.
  6. "School Directory / School Feeder Patterns". www.jackson.k12.ms.us. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
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