Natchez High School | |
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319 Seargent Pretiss Dr , Adams , 39120 United States | |
Coordinates | 31°33′04″N 91°22′06″W / 31.55122°N 91.36831°W / 31.55122; -91.36831 |
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School type | Public, Secondary |
Motto | Destined to Rise and Determined to Succeed |
Established | 1927 |
School district | Natchez-Adams School District |
Superintendent | Fred Butcher [2] |
Principal | Eric Jackson[3] |
Staff | 38.28 (FTE)[1] |
Grades | 9th–12th |
Enrollment | 576 (2017-18)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 15.05[1] |
Color(s) | blue and gold |
Mascot | Bulldogs |
Website | www |
Natchez High School is a public school in Natchez, Mississippi (USA). It is part of the Natchez-Adams School District and serves students in grades nine through twelve.
In 2005, it had 1358 students and 73 teachers. 88% of the students were African-American and the remainder were white.
As of 2017[update] the school district is considering building a new campus for the high school and converting the former campus into a middle school.[4]
There were a total of 1169 students enrolled in Natchez High during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the school was 52% female and 48% male. The racial makeup of the school was 90.4% black, 9.3% white, and 0.3% Hispanic.[5][6]
The former location of Natchez High School was at 64 Homochitto Street, it also known as Margaret Martin High School, and it was a public high school "for white students-only".[7][8] It was built in 1927, a few years after the Brumfield School, a public school for African American students.[7][8]
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