Greenville Public School District Explained

Greenville Public School District
Grades:	PreK–12
Country:	United States
Location:	Greenville, Mississippi
Superintendent:	Dr. Debra Dace
Schools:	15
Students:	6718

The Greenville Public School District (GPSD) or Greenville Public Schools (GPS) is a public school district based in Greenville, Mississippi (USA).

Adam Ganucheau and Kate Royals of Mississippi Today wrote in 2021 that the district was "one of the most under-resourced school districts" in the United States.^[1]

Schools

High school:

• Greenville High School
  • It has/had two campuses: Greenville Campus and Weston Campus^[2]

Middle schools:

• Coleman Middle School
• TL Weston Middle School

Elementary schools:

• Matty Akin Elementary School
  • As of a year before 2017 it was the largest elementary school in the community.^[3]
• Julia L. Armstrong Elementary School
• Boyd Elementary School
• Darling Achievement Center (formerly Darling Elementary School)
• Carrie Stern Elementary School
• Trigg Elementary School
• Lucy L. Webb Elementary School
  • It includes the Lucy Webb Kindergarten Preparatory School, the district's first area that only houses kindergarten classes.^[4]
• Weddington Elementary School

Preschools:

• McBride Pre-K Academy

Magnet schools

• Solomon Magnet School

Other campuses:

• Greenville Technical Center

Former schools:^[2]

• Solomon Middle School
• Fulwiler Elementary School
• Manning Elementary School
• McBride Elementary School

Demographics

2006–07 school year

There were a total of 7,001 students enrolled in the Greenville Public School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 50% female and 50% male. The racial makeup of the district was 97.30% African American, 2.44% White, 0.14% Hispanic, and 0.11% Asian.^[5] 97.1% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.^[6]

Previous school years

School year	Enrollment	Gender makeup		Racial makeup
		Female	Male	Asian	African American	Hispanic	Native American	White
2005-06	7,288	50%	50%	0.11%	96.98%	0.12%	-	2.79%
2004-05	7,277	49%	51%	0.08%	96.39%	0.14%	0.01%	3.38%
2003-04	7,383	49%	51%	0.12%	96.10%	0.11%	0.01%	3.66%
2002-03^[7]	7,401	50%	50%	0.16%	96.10%	0.12%	-	3.62%

Accountability statistics

	2006-07^[8]	2005-06^[9]	2004-05^[10]	2003-04^[11]	2002-03^[12]
District Accreditation Status	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited
School Performance Classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools	1	2	0	1	0
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools	1	3	1	2	2
Level 3 (Successful) Schools	12	9	11	11	7
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools	0	0	2	0	5
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Not Assigned	0	0	0	0	0

See also

• List of school districts in Mississippi

External links

• • Greenville Public School District (old website)
• Greenville Public Schools - Greenville, Mississippi - Public School District at EducationBug.org
• Greenville Public Schools at SchoolDigger.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ganucheau. Adam. Royals. Kate. Greenville bus strike could transform public education in Mississippi . Mississippi Today. 2021-05-07. 2021-05-12.
2. "Schools." Greenville Public School District (old website). Retrieved on July 3, 2017.
3. http://gpsweb.tripod.com/Akin.htm Home page
4. Web site: Ozbun, Sarah (née Kramer). Reeves is beyond ecstatic to welcome kindergarteners to Webb Prep. Delta Democrat-Times. 2016-07-03. 2017-07-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20160712135213/http://www.ddtonline.com/news/article_99fe2a0e-405c-11e6-9ab3-5b4a7908ef80.html. 2016-07-12. dead.
5. Web site: Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System . Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070323012858/http://orsap.mde.k12.ms.us:8080/MAARS/indexProcessor.jsp . 2007-03-23 .
6. Web site: 2006-07 State, District, and School Enrollment by Race/Gender with Poverty Data . . Mississippi Department of Education . 2008-01-16 . 2008-05-18.
7. Web site: Mississippi Report Card for 2002-2003 . Office of Educational Accountability, Mississippi Department of Education . 2004-09-02 . 2007-08-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070812173502/http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/RC3B/RC3B.htm . 2007-08-12 . dead .
8. Web site: 2007 Results . . Mississippi Statewide Accountability System . Mississippi Department of Education . 2007-09-13 . 2007-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071127152304/http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM07/ACC07LST.PDF . 2007-11-27 . dead .
9. Web site: 2006 Results . . Mississippi Statewide Accountability System . Mississippi Department of Education . 2006-09-06 . 2007-06-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070217064644/http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM06/ACC06LST.PDF . 2007-02-17 . dead .
10. Web site: 2005 Results . . Mississippi Statewide Accountability System . Mississippi Department of Education . 2005-09-09 . 2007-06-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061213051444/http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM05/ACC05FLST.PDF . 2006-12-13 . dead .
11. Web site: 2004 Results . . Mississippi Statewide Accountability System . Mississippi Department of Education . 2004-09-26 . 2007-06-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070705114957/http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM04/ACC04FLST.PDF . 2007-07-05 . dead .
12. Web site: 2003 Results . . Mississippi Statewide Accountability System . Mississippi Department of Education . 2003-11-21 . 2007-06-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061211050815/http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM03/ACC03CLST.PDF . 2006-12-11 . dead .