Charleston High School (Mississippi)

Charleston High School is a public high school in Charleston, Mississippi, United States.

Charleston High School
Address
310 North Cossar Street

Charleston
,
Tallahatchie
,
Mississippi
38921

United States
Coordinates34.011471°N 90.048065°W / 34.011471; -90.048065
Information
TypePublic
School districtEast Tallahatchie School District
PrincipalMark Beechem[1]
Teaching staff19.92 (FTE)[2]
Grades9–12[3]
Number of students251 (2019–20)[2]
Student to teacher ratio12.60[2]
Athletics conferenceMHSAA Region 3, 3A
MascotTiger
Team nameTigers
WebsiteCHS website

In addition to Charleston it serves Tippo.[4][5]

History

In 1999 there was $100,000 spent for a laboratory for biology classes.[6]

The school held its first racially integrated prom in April 2008,[7] which was the subject of the 2008 HBO documentary Prom Night in Mississippi. The documentary focused on the school and the efforts to have a mixed prom instead of segregated proms, with one for whites and the other for blacks.

In 2010, the graduation rate was 68.8%.[8][9] The school district is considered to be "at risk of failing" by the No Child Left Behind standards.[10]

References
  1. "Charleston High School | East Tallahatchie School District". www.etsd.k12.ms.us. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  2. "Charleston High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  3. "Charleston High School - Public School".
  4. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Tallahatchie County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  5. "Tippo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  6. "Local schools to resume classes". Charleston Sun-Sentinel. 1999-07-22. p. 2. - Clipping at Newspapers.com.
  7. Mississippi School Holds First Interracial Prom. The Bryant Park Project. National Public Radio. 2008-06-11.
  8. "2010 Accountability Result". Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  9. "State report card" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  10. "MSReportCard.com - Mississippi Public School Information". Retrieved 7 March 2011.


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