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Humphreys County High School

Coordinates: 33°11′08″N 90°29′05″W / 33.1856°N 90.4848°W / 33.1856; -90.4848
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Humphreys County High School
Address
Map
700 Cohn Street

, ,
39038

United States
Coordinates33°11′08″N 90°29′05″W / 33.1856°N 90.4848°W / 33.1856; -90.4848
Information
TypePublic high school
PrincipalSamuel Matthews
Staff28.48 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment424[1] (2022-23)
Student to teacher ratio14.89[1]
Color(s)Blue and white    [2]
MascotCowboys[2]
Website[1]

Humphreys County High School (HCHS) is a public senior high school in Belzoni, Mississippi, United States and a part of the Humphreys County School District.

The attendance boundary of the school district, and therefore the school's attendance boundary, is all of Humphreys County.[3]

History

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After the school integrated racially (sometime around 1970), black students had protested against verbal abuse used against black students by the principal, a white person; white teachers giving failing grades to black students; and the calling of black students "nigger" and "nigra".[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Humphreys County High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "MHSAA School Directory". Mississippi High School Activities Association. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  3. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Humphreys County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  4. ^ Bolton, Charles C. The Hardest Deal of All: The Battle Over School Integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980. University Press of Mississippi, 2005. ISBN 1604730609, 9781604730609. p. 205.
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