Fast Facts About Our District
14 Schools
- Early Childhood Education Center (Pre-K)
- Carver Elementary (K-1)
- Joyner Elementary (K-2)
- Parkway Elementary (K-2)
- Thomas Street Elementary (K-2)
- Lawhon Elementary (2-5)
- Lawndale Elementary (3-5)
- Pierce Street Elementary (3-5)
- Rankin Elementary (3-5)
- Milam Elementary (6)
- Tupelo Middle School (7-8)
- Tupelo High School (9-12)
- Tupelo Career-Technical Center (9-12)
- Fillmore
S.T.E.M.
- Science, Technology, Engineering & Math in PreK -12th grades
- Career awareness opportunities
- Robotics & Coding offerings
- One-to-one devices for 2nd-12th grades
- Multiple learning platforms
Activities
- After-School Clubs
- Intramurals
- Service Learning Projects
- Move-to-Learn
Students
- 7007students
- 11 languages spoken
- Graduation rate: 90%
- Over 50% of our students are on Honor Roll
- 139 ACT Scholars
- 18 Advanced Placement offerings
- Middle College
Athletics
- 2017 Clarion Ledger’s All-Sports Award
- 132 State Championships
- 7 Facility Upgrades
- Student Athlete GPA: 3.64
- 24 Varsity Sports
- 7 Junior Varsity Sports
- Multiple Intramural Activities
- 60 coaches
Our Community
- Partnership with Parks and Recreation
- Farm 2 School program: Growing Healthy Waves
- Partnership with North Miss Medical Center: Employee Clinics & Wellness Center, Project SEARCH
- Over $3 million in classroom grants ($83,000 in 2018-19) from Association of Excellence in Education
- $93,000 in local student scholarships
- Over $500,000 in services and funds through Toyota Wellspring Educational Fund
- Toyota USA National (to assist in Project Lead the Way funding)
- Over $1 million in grants through E.R. & Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
Our Team
- 1017 employees
- 593 certified teachers
- 52% of educators hold advanced degrees
- TPSD Teacher Leadership Academy
The Arts
- Arts Integration in PreK - 8th grades
- MS Arts Commission Model School
- Award-winning fine and performing arts programs
- The Kennedy Center National Semi-Finalist
- Carnegie Hall Link Up Partner
- 2017 MS Alliance for Arts Education Award
- 2017 Arts Educator of the Year
- Governor's Award for Excellence in Arts Education
Our Facilities
- Newest and largest gym in the state
- First and only Security/Safety Command Center in the state
- Energy-saving upgrades
- 40 new school buses
- Thousands of new digital devices
- Security upgrades on each campus
- On-campus safe shelters