Wingfield High School is a high school

High school

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 in Jackson

Jackson, Mississippi

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, Mississippi

Mississippi

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 (USA

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). It is part of the Jackson Public School District

Jackson Public School District

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. Over 1,300 children from southern Jackson attend Wingfield High School in grades 9

Ninth grade

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-12

Twelfth grade

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, as well as 100 administration and staff. The principal of Wingfield High School is Robert Mack.

The mascot of Wingfield is the falcon

Falcon

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Demographics

There were a total of 1,168 students enrolled in Wingfield High during the 2006-2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the school was 97.35% African American and 2.65% White.

Administration

Dr. Cynthia Johnson-Armstrong is principal of Wingfield High School.
Will Smith, is Assistant Principal for School Improvement.
Other assistant principals are Dr. Theophilus King, Ms. Nadine Gilbert, and Mr. Frank Terry.

Feeder pattern

The following schools feed into Wingfield High School.

• Middle Schools
  • Peeples Middle School
  • Whitten Middle School

• Elementary Schools
  • Key Elementary School
  • Lester Elementary School
  • Marshall Elementary School
  • Sykes Elementary School
  • Wilkins Elementary School

External links

• Wingfield High School - Official site.