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DeSoto County Schools is a public school district based in Hernando, Mississippi (USA) and serving all public school students in DeSoto County in the Memphis metropolitan area. With an enrollment of more than 30,000 students, DeSoto County is the largest school district in the state of Mississippi.

Schools

High schools

Middle schools

Intermediate Schools

Elementary schools

Other Campi

Demographics

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 28,738 students enrolled in the DeSoto County School District during the 2006-2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 48% female and 52% male. The racial makeup of the district was 26.05% African American, 67.91% White, 4.64% Hispanic, 1.22% Asian, and 0.18% Native American.^[1] 27.4% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.^[2]

Previous school years

Integration

The school district did not integrate until forced to by court order in 1970. As recently as 1997, one school had two principals; a white principal to deal with white students and another black principal to deal with black students. Of the districts 42 schools, only two have black principals.^[4]

Suspension controversy

While blacks make up approximately one third of the student population, they receive well over half of the suspensions from school. In 2015, the NAACP filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, alleging that the school district has violated the Civil Rights Act by discriminating "against Black students on the basis of race through its discipline policies and practices fostering a school-to-prison pipeline and fueling racial disparities." The suit asks the federal government to force the district to revise the vague code of conduct which allows for uneven punishments of minority students.^[5] The school district has a long history of violating federal mandates requiring civil rights reforms.^[6] In addition to the racial disparities in suspension rates, they suit also alleges that punishments differ widely for the same actions. In one fight, for instance, a black student was suspended a week for shouting, while the white girl with whom she fought was suspended for only two days.^[5]

Accountability statistics

See also

References

1. ^¹²³{{cite web|url=http://orsap.mde.k12.ms.us:8080/MAARS/indexProcessor.jsp |title=Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System |publisher=Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070323012858/http://orsap.mde.k12.ms.us:8080/MAARS/indexProcessor.jsp |archivedate=2007-03-23 |df= }}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/2008Report/DEMO0607.xls |title=2006-07 State, District, and School Enrollment by Race/Gender with Poverty Data |format=XLS |publisher=Mississippi Department of Education |date=2008-01-16 |accessdate=2008-05-17 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/RC3B/RC3B.htm |title=Mississippi Report Card for 2002-2003 |publisher=Office of Educational Accountability, Mississippi Department of Education |date=2004-09-02 |accessdate=2007-08-31 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812173502/http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/RC3B/RC3B.htm |archivedate=2007-08-12 |df= }}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Mississippi district’s black students make up a third of enrollment, but half of all suspensions|url=http://hechingerreport.org/mississippi-districts-black-students-make-up-a-third-of-enrollment-but-half-of-all-suspensions/|accessdate=19 November 2017}}
5. ^¹{{cite news|last1=Burtymowicz|first1=Sarah|title=Half of DeSoto's suspensions are black students|url=http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/04/28/half-desotos-suspensions-black-students/26507309/|accessdate=19 November 2017|date=28 April 2015}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Mississippi's School Discipline Crisis|url=https://desotocountyreform.com/2015/05/20/mississippis-school-discipline-crisis/|accessdate=19 November 2017}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM07/ACC07LST.PDF |title=2007 Results |format=PDF |work=Mississippi Statewide Accountability System |publisher=Mississippi Department of Education |date=2007-09-13 |accessdate=2007-09-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127152304/http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM07/ACC07LST.PDF |archivedate=2007-11-27 |df= }}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM06/ACC06LST.PDF |title=2006 Results |format=PDF |work=Mississippi Statewide Accountability System |publisher=Mississippi Department of Education |date=2006-09-06 |accessdate=2007-05-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217064644/http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM06/ACC06LST.PDF |archivedate=2007-02-17 |df= }}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM05/ACC05FLST.PDF |title=2005 Results |format=PDF |work=Mississippi Statewide Accountability System |publisher=Mississippi Department of Education |date=2005-09-09 |accessdate=2007-05-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213051444/http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM05/ACC05FLST.PDF |archivedate=2006-12-13 |df= }}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM04/ACC04FLST.PDF |title=2004 Results |format=PDF |work=Mississippi Statewide Accountability System |publisher=Mississippi Department of Education |date=2004-09-26 |accessdate=2007-05-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705114957/http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM04/ACC04FLST.PDF |archivedate=2007-07-05 |df= }}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM03/ACC03CLST.PDF |title=2003 Results |format=PDF |work=Mississippi Statewide Accountability System |publisher=Mississippi Department of Education |date=2003-11-21 |accessdate=2007-05-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211050815/http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM03/ACC03CLST.PDF |archivedate=2006-12-11 |df= }}