Lanier Junior Senior High School, formerly W. H. Lanier High School, is a public middle and high school located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Jackson Public School District. The current principal is Valerie Bradley.[5] There were a total of 872 students enrolled in Lanier High, then only a high school, during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 52% female and 48% male. The racial makeup of the school is 100% African American.[6]
| Lanier Junior Senior High School | |
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833 West Maple Street , United States | |
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| School type | Secondary |
| Motto | "Enhancing Today's Minds to Lead Tomorrow's Future." |
| Established | 1925[1] |
| School district | Jackson Public School District |
| Superintendent | Cedric Gray[2] |
| Principal | MRS. STACEY WEBB BAILEY |
| Staff | 46.90 (FTE)[3] |
| Enrollment | 603 (2022–23)[3] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.86[3] |
| Color(s) | Maroon and white [4] |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Feeder schools | Rowan Middle School |
| Website | Official website |
History
editLanier was founded in 1925 as a junior and senior high school. It was named after William Henry Lanier (1855–1929), who was superintendent of black schools in Jackson from 1912 until his death.[1] Due to segregation, Lanier was reserved for black students until 1969,[7] when Jackson schools were integrated by law.[8]
In 2023, Brinkley Middle consolidated into Lanier High.[9]
Feeder pattern
editThe following schools fed into Lanier High School as of 2007.[10]
- Middle schools
- Brinkley Middle School
- Elementary schools
- Dawson Elementary School
- Galloway Elementary School
- Johnson Elementary School
- Smith Elementary School
- Walton Elementary School
Notable alumni
edit- Lerone Bennett Jr., author and social historian
- Monta Ellis, former NBA player
- Daryl Jones (born 1955), (Democratic politician) in Miami, Florida
- Arvesta Kelly, ABA basketball player[11]
- Richard Wright, renowned African-American author; attended Lanier but dropped out to earn money for his family[12]
- Willie Young
, former NFL player; graduated from the now feeder school of Brinkley High School, Brinkley Middle School
References
edit- ^ a b "School History". Lanier High School. Jackson (MS) Public Schools. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
Lanier was first organized as a junior-senior high school in 1925 providing instruction for pupils from the seventh through the twelfth grades.
- ^ "Superintendent". Retrieved December 17, 2008.
- ^ a b c "Lanier High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
- ^ "MHSAA School Directory". Mississippi High School Activities Association. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- ^ "Administration / Principal". http. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
- ^ "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original on March 23, 2007.
- ^ Dreher, Arielle (November 15, 2017). "How Integration Failed in Jackson's Public Schools from 1969 to 2017". Jackson Free Press.
- ^ Taylor, Ayana (May 12, 2004). "JPS, Then and Now". Jackson Free Press. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ Jackson, Torsheta (July 25, 2023). "Two Jackson Public Schools Merge, Creating the District's First 7-12 Institution in Years". Mississippi Free Press. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
- ^ Feeder Patterns Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine – Jackson Public Schools.
- ^ [http://themississippilink.com/wp- content/uploads/2012/01/July-10-2014.pdf Jackson's 'Legends of Basketball' reunion brings together Brinkley, Jim Hill and Lanier high school players who 'ruled the court']
- ^ Rayson, Ann. "Richard Wright's Life." Modern American Poetry. Nelson, Cary and Brinkman, Bartholomew, eds. Department of English, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: 2001.
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