Holmes County School District (Mississippi)

The Holmes County School District is a public school district based in Lexington, Mississippi (USA). The district covers most of Holmes County, although areas within the City of Durant are served by the Durant Public School District.

Effective July 1, 2018 the Holmes County and Durant school districts will be consolidated into the Holmes County Consolidated School District.

As of 2016 the district had a per student spending rate, adjusted for regional cost differentiation, of $8,368, $3,500 under the U.S. average. The district received, for every student, $1,500 as per Title I. Its student body is among the poorest in the United States.

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There were a total of 3,508 students enrolled in the Holmes County School District during the 2006-2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 50% female and 50% male. The racial makeup of the district was 99.86% African American, 0.06% White, and 0.09% Asian. 93.2% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.

In 1968 there were 771 white students in the county school system. Desegregation occurred in 1969, and that year the white student population decreased to 228. In 1970 no white students were enrolled.

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