The Lauderdale County School District is a public school district

School district

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 based in Lauderdale County

Lauderdale County, Mississippi

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 78,161 people, 29,990 households, and 20,573 families residing in the county. The population density was 111 people per square mile . There were 33,418 housing units at an average density of 48 per square mile...

, Mississippi

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 (USA

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).

Schools

• Northeast High School (Grades 9-12)
• Southeast High School (Grades 9-12)
• Northeast Middle School (Grades 5-8)
• Southeast Middle School (Grades 5-8)
• Northeast Elementary School (Grades PK-4)
• Southeast Elementary School (Grades PK-4)
• West Lauderdale Elementary School (Grades K-4)
• Clarkdale Attendance Center (Grades K-12)
• West Lauderdale Attendance Center
  • West Lauderdale High School (Grades 9-12)
  • West Lauderdale Middle School (Grades 5-8)

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 6,528 students enrolled in the Lauderdale County School District during the 2006-2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 47% female and 53% male. The racial makeup of the district was 67.97% Caucasian

Caucasian race

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, 30.36% African American

African American

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, 1.12% Hispanic

Hispanic

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, 0.51% Asian

Asian people

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, and 0.05% Native American

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. 39.5% 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	6,626	48%	52%	0.60%	29.93%	0.94%	0.05%	68.49%
2004-05	6,547	47%	53%	0.49%	29.51%	0.98%	0.05%	68.98%
2003-04	6,595	48%	52%	0.47%	28.96%	0.97%	0.14%	69.46%
2002-03	6,654	48%	52%	0.47%	29.11%	0.86%	0.12%	69.45%

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	4	4	5	4	1
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools	3	4	2	4	4
Level 3 (Successful) Schools	2	1	2	1	3
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