Noxubee County High School
| Noxubee County High School | |
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| Location | |
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16478 Highway 45 North , United States | |
| Coordinates | 33°09′36″N 88°33′24″W / 33.1600°N 88.5568°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| School district | Noxubee County School District |
| Principal | Ms.Brooks |
| Teaching staff | 31.66 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 416 (2022-2023)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.14[1] |
| Color(s) | |
| Mascot | Tiger |
| Website | www |
Noxubee County High School is the only public secondary school in Noxubee County, Mississippi. It is located at 16478 Hwy 45 in Macon, Mississippi. Its attendance boundary is all of Noxubee County.[2]
Athletics
[edit]The Noxubee County High School football and basketball teams compete in District 4A. Their mascot is the tiger. The football team won the 2009 and 2012 State Championships.[3] They repeated as champions in 2014 and 2015.[4] The Noxubee High School Tigers girls basketball team won back-to-back state titles in 1993-94.[citation needed]
Demographics
[edit]As of the 2022-2023 school year, there were 416 students, 403 of whom were black, 7 of whom were Hispanic, 4 of whom were white, 1 of whom is Asian, and 1 of whom identifies as two or more races. Of these, all 416 were eligible for free lunch. 214 students were male, 202 were female.[1][5]
Notable alumni
[edit]- Buster Barnett (born 1958), National Football League (NFL) tight end
- Darion Conner (born 1967), NFL linebacker convicted of vehicular homicide[6][7]
- Omarr Conner (born 1984), Mississippi State Bulldogs American football quarterback
- Freddie Joe Nunn (1962–2021), NFL defensive end and linebacker
- Jeffery Simmons (born 1997), NFL defensive tackle
- Deontae Skinner (born 1990), NFL linebacker
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Noxubee County High School". School Directory Information. National Center for Education Statistics. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Noxubee County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 24, 2022. - Text list
- ^ "HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TOUR: NOXUBEE COUNTY". Archived from the original on December 1, 2017.
- ^ Cronin, Courtney (December 5, 2015). "Noxubee County wins 3rd title in 4 years". Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- ^ "Noxubee County High Student Body". Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- ^ "Conner guilty of killing bicyclist while driving drunk," ESPN, July 14, 2005.
- ^ "Former NFLer Conner gets 15 years in crash; former NFL player Darion Conner was sentenced to 15 years in prison for killing a bicyclist while he was driving drunk. A jury found Conner guilty last week of DUI-manslaughter and vehicular homicide," New England Patriots, July 14, 2005.
External links
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