Poplarville Separate School District

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

In addition to Poplarville, the district serves a large portion of rural Pearl River County.

Effective fall 2019, the Lumberton Public School District will be disestablished, with portions going to the Lamar County School District and the Poplarville district.

Carl Merritt became Superintendent of Education for the Poplarville School District following the retirement of Supt. Gylde Fitzpatrick. The district is served by a School Board of five appointed members. Three members are appointed from the Poplarville area supervisor districts and the other two are appointed by the Poplarville Board of Aldermen.

There were a total of 2,193 students enrolled in the Poplarville School District during the 2006-2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 47% female and 53% male. The racial makeup of the district was 13.86% African American, 85.09% White, 0.55% Hispanic, 0.32% Asian, and 0.18% Native American. 55.3% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.

...
Wikipedia