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Scores reached an all-time high from the 2023-2024 school year with 56.3% proficiency in Math and 47.8% in English. Math scores increased at all grade levels except grades three and four.
The OCSD district was dissolved under Mississippi law on July 1, 2015. [10] The new consolidated SOCSD took the combined area of SSD and OCSD. The two elementary schools, East Oktibbeha and West Oktibbeha were to remain open while the high schools, East High and West High, consolidated into Starkville High School. [9]
In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. [4] Eight years after the Brown decision, every Mississippi school district remained segregated, and all attempts by African American applicants to integrate the University of Mississippi—better known as Ole Miss—had failed.
For 2024 testing, Mississippi exceeded that cap, testing 1.9% of its students with an alternate assessment in English, 1.9% in math and 2% in science. Each school district is responsible for ...
When the Federal government enforced school integration, many white parents sought ways to keep their children from attending integrated schools. Winston Academy was founded in 1969 to provide white children a segregated education .
In 2024, only 4% of Mississippi school districts earned a failing grade of a D or F. Yet, in 2022 that number was closer to 12%. To put it simply, Mississippi school districts are improving from ...
"The Hardest Deal of All: The Battle over School Integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980". Journal of Southern History. 73 (2): 496– 497. doi:10.2307/27649461. JSTOR 27649461. - Located at ProQuest; Sunderman, Gail L (2007). "The Hardest Deal of All: The Battle Over School Integration in Mississippi, 1870 - 1980". Southern Quarterly. 44 (4): 211.
Currently, school-based officers can report to work before being fully trained. Erik Fleming, director of advocacy and policy with the ACLU’s Mississippi chapter, says officers in schools need to learn how to de-escalate situations with the goal of avoiding arrests. “The key is to keep a situation from getting to a felony situation,” he said.