Grenada High School

Not to be confused with Granada High School.

Grenada High School is a public high school located in Grenada, Mississippi, United States. It educates students in grades 9 through 12 and is the only high school in the Grenada School District.

Grenada High School
Location
1875 Fairgrounds Road Grenada , Mississippi 38901 United States
Coordinates	33.7624°N 89.8056°W / 33.7624; -89.8056
Information
Type	Public secondary
School district	Grenada School District
Principal	Emily Tindall
Teaching staff	67.23 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,048 (2023–2024)[1]
• Grade 9	295
• Grade 10	272
• Grade 11	220
• Grade 12	243
Student to teacher ratio	15.59[1]
Color(s)	Red and Blue
Athletics conference	MSHSAA 6A Region 1
Nickname	Chargers
Website	www.gsd.k12.ms.us/ghs.html

History

The first public high school in Grenada was founded in the fall of 1885.^[2]

In May 1962, alumnus Erle Johnston gave the commencement speech titled "The Practical Way to Maintain a Separate School System in Mississippi" in which he criticized the "extremism" of the NAACP and Citizens Councils.^[3] After strong resistance, vicious attacks, and intimidation,^[4] the school was integrated in 1966.^[5][6]

In 2021 the school had a roughly equal number of African American and white students. 100 percent of the school's students were categorized as economically disadvantaged.^[7]

Athletics

Grenada's athletic teams are the Chargers and compete in Mississippi High School Athletics Association 5A Region 1.^[8]

State Championships

Sport	Years
Boys basketball[9]	1985
Girls track and field[10]	1985, 1986, 1987
Slow-pitch softball[11]	2009
Powerlifting[12]	1997

Performing arts

The Grenada marching band program won 39 championships in the last decades of the 1900s; it also made appearances in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1995 and 2001 and the Tournament of Roses Parade in 1998.^[13] The band won the 1997 National High School Band of the Year award.^[14]

GHS also has a competitive show choir, "Visions".^[15]

Other activities

The school has an ROTC chapter.^[16]

Notable alumni

• Genard Avery, football player^[17]
• Emmanuel Forbes, football player^[18]
• Tyre Phillips, football player^[19]
• Greg Robinson, football player^[20]
• J. J. Russell, football player
• Trumaine Sykes, football player^[21]
• Charlie Worsham, musician^[22]