The North Panola School District is a public school district

School district

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 based in Sardis

Sardis, Mississippi

Sardis is a town in Panola County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 2,038.-Geography:Sardis is located at ....

, Mississippi

Mississippi

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 (USA

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).

In addition to Sardis, the district also serves the town of Como

Como, Mississippi

Como is a town in Panola County, Mississippi, United States which borders the Mississippi Delta. The population was 1,310 as of the 2000 census. Wayne Drash, a CNN.com senior producer, described Como as "a hard-hit rural community" in a 2007 article.-History:...

 and the Panola County

Panola County, Mississippi

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 34,274 people, 12,232 households, and 9,014 families residing in the county. The population density was 50 people per square mile . There were 13,736 housing units at an average density of 20 per square mile...

 portion of Crenshaw

Crenshaw, Mississippi

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as well as rural areas in northern Panola County.

Schools

• North Panola High School (Sardis; Grades 9-12)
• North Panola Junior High School (Como, Grades 6-8)
• Crenshaw Elementary School (Crenshaw; Grades K-5)
• Como Elementary School (Como; Grades PK-5)
• Greenhill Elementary School (Sardis; Grades K-6)

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 1,834 students enrolled in the North Panola 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 96.95% African American, 2.67% White, 0.27% Hispanic, and 0.11% Asian. 86.6% 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	1,850	49%	51%	0.11%	97.14%	0.32%	–	2.43%
2004-05	1,866	48%	52%	0.11%	96.73%	0.32%	–	2.84%
2003-04	1,751	49%	51%	0.11%	97.49%	0.06%	–	2.34%
2002-03	1,818	49%	51%	0.11%	97.08%	0.17%	–	2.64%

Accountability statistics

	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03
District Accreditation Status	Probation	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	1	1	3
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools	2	4	4	3	1
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools	2	0	0	0	1
Not Assigned	0	0	0	0	0

External links

• North Panola School District
• Panola Remembers: A History of Panola Education by Prof. Carl Edwin Lindgren, 1996. Morris Publishing Co. The book is also on-line at Panola Remembers: A History of Panola Education