The Hazlehurst City School District is a public school district

School district

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 based in Hazlehurst

Hazlehurst, Mississippi

Hazlehurst is a city in and the county seat of Copiah County, Mississippi, United States, located about 30 miles south of the state capital Jackson along Interstate 55. The population was 4,400 at the 2000 census...

, Mississippi

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 (USA

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2006-07 school year

There were a total of 1,174 students enrolled in the Hazlehurst City School District during the 2006-2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the district was 95.74% African American, 1.23% White, 2.92% Hispanic, and 0.12% Asian. 85.3% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.

Previous school years

School Year	Enrollment	Gender Makeup		Racial Makeup
		Female	Male	Asian	African American	Hispanic	Native American	White
2005-06	1,805	50%	50%	0.17%	95.96%	2.49%	–	1.39%
2004-05	1,710	49%	51%	0.18%	95.32%	2.40%	–	2.11%
2003-04	1,712	48%	52%	0.23%	95.62%	2.10%	–	2.04%
2002-03	1,707	48%	52%	0.18%	96.49%	1.46%	–	1.87%

Accountability statistics

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