The George County School District is a public school district

School district

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 based in Lucedale

Lucedale, Mississippi

Lucedale is a city in George County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Pascagoula, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,458 at the 2000 census...

, Mississippi

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 (USA

United States

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). The district's boundaries parallel that of George County

George County, Mississippi

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 19,144 people, 6,742 households, and 5,305 families residing in the county. The population density was 40 people per square mile . There were 7,513 housing units at an average density of 16 per square mile...

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Elementary/Intermediate Schools

• • Grades K-6***
  • Lucedale Intermediate School
  • Agricola Elementary School
  • Benndale Elementary School
  • Central Elementary School
  • Rocky Creek Elementary School
  • Lucedale Elementary School

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 4,263 students enrolled in the George 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 10.98% African American, 87.73% White, 1.06% Hispanic, 0.19% Asian, and 0.05% Native American. 44.7% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.

Sports

Football, Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Tennis, Golf, and Track & Field/Cross Country. Sports are part of everyone's life here in the George County School District. The George County High School football team, led by Coach Al Jones, has been district champs for the past three years. They were very successful in the 2007 season defeating Meridian for the South State Title, and going on to play South Panola in the state championship game. Also, this year (2008), The girls' duo tennis team (Dana Ivey and Arlette Cochran) competed in the state playoffs and came out victorious.

Previous school years

School Year	Enrollment	Gender Makeup		Racial Makeup
		Female	Male	Asian	African American	Hispanic	Native American	White
2005-06	4,184	49%	51%	0.10%	10.95%	0.81%	0.02%	88.12%
2004-05	4,132	48%	52%	0.12%	11.01%	0.68%	0.02%	88.17%
2003-04	4,066	48%	52%	0.12%	11.76%	0.79%	0.07%	87.26%
2002-03	3,968	48%	52%	0.15%	11.39%	0.43%	0.10%	87.93%

Accountability statistics

	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03
District Accreditation Status	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited
School Performance Classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools	1	1	1	2	2
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools	4	6	5	5	4
Level 3 (Successful) Schools	3	1	2	1	2
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Not Assigned	0	0	0	0	0