Tupelo High School is the only
public high school in
Tupelo, Mississippi. The campus consists of fourteen buildings, including a Performing Arts Center, separate buildings for
social studies,
English,
math,
sciences,
fine arts, and a self-contained grade-9 building. The current student population of the school is about 1,995. As of 2014–2015, it is the largest enrolled public high school in the state of Mississippi. The class of 2015 consisted of 438 graduates. The school offers a curriculum containing 160
Carnegie units, 24 of which are
Advanced Placement.
Tupelo High School is a two-time
National Blue Ribbon School award winner, having won the award in 1983-1984 and another in 1999–2000.[4]
The school's boundary includes the vast majority of Tupelo and a portion of
Saltillo.[5]
History
Until 1971 and desegregation, Black students in Tupelo attended Lee County Training School and then
Carver High School. The segregated schools alternated nights using Robins Field for football games.[6]
Demographics
In 2023, the student body was about 49 percent Black, 36 percent White, and 8 percent Hispanic. Of the student body, 100 percent are categorized as economically disadvantaged.[7]
Todd Jordan, professional football player and Tupelo mayor
Student life
As of 2022- 2023, Tupelo High School offers extracurricular activities, including football, slowpitch and fastpitch softball, cross country, volleyball, swimming, basketball, soccer, bowling, archery, baseball, wrestling, golf, tennis, cheer, and track and field. In addition to athletics, the school offers other clubs, such as theatre, a school newspaper, arts, and mock trials.