Copiah County School District

The Copiah County School District is a public school district based in Copiah County, Mississippi (USA).

Crystal Springs High School
Location
201 Newton Street Crystal Springs , (Copiah County) , Mississippi 39059 United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Principal	Bonnie Gatlin
Staff	25.34 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment	404[1] (2023-24)
Student to teacher ratio	15.94[1]
Color(s)	Blue and gold[2]
Nickname	Tigers[2]
Website	cshs.copiah.ms

Wesson Attendance Center
Location
1048 Grove Street Wesson , (Copiah County) , Mississippi 39191 United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Principal	Tommy Clopton
Staff	59.36 (FTE) [3]
Number of students	858 (2023-2024)[3]
Student to teacher ratio	14.45 [3]
Color(s)	Blue, white and red[4]
Nickname	Cobras[4]
Website	wac.copiah.ms

The district serves the communities of Crystal Springs, Wesson (the Copiah County portion), Georgetown, and Beauregard.^[5]

Schools

• Crystal Springs
  • Crystal Springs Elementary School
  • Crystal Springs Middle School
  • Crystal Springs High School^[6]
• Wesson, Mississippi
  • Wesson Attendance Center

The student body at Crystal Springs High School is 81 percent African American, 9 percent Hispanic, and 9 percent white.^[6]

Demographics

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 2,914 students enrolled in the Copiah 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 59.33% African American, 38.88% White, 1.65% Hispanic, and 0.14% Asian.^[7] 64.7% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.^[8]

Previous school years

School Year	Enrollment	Gender Makeup		Racial Makeup
		Female	Male	Asian	African American	Hispanic	Native American	White
2005-06[7]	3,038	48%	52%	0.20%	58.26%	1.58%	–	39.96%
2004-05[7]	3,031	47%	53%	0.20%	58.96%	1.35%	–	39.49%
2003-04[7]	3,069	48%	52%	0.20%	59.34%	1.08%	0.03%	39.36%
2002-03[9]	3,160	48%	52%	0.19%	60.19%	0.73%	–	38.89%

Accountability statistics

	2006-07[10]	2005-06[11]	2004-05[12]	2003-04[13]	2002-03[14]
District Accreditation Status	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited
School Performance Classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools	0	1	0	0	0
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools	1	0	1	1	1
Level 3 (Successful) Schools	0	3	2	1	1
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools	3	0	1	2	2
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Not Assigned	0	0	0	0	0

Alumni

• Royce Whittington was a star football player whose career continued through college. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in 1960 but after gaining a lot of weight was cut immediately by Vince Lombardi.^[15]
• Don "Scooter" Purvis^[16] running back at LSU including in 1958 championship team^[17]
• Larry Grantham, Super Bowl III champion with the New York Jets.

See also

• List of school districts in Mississippi