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Lanier Junior Senior High School

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Lanier Junior Senior High School
Address
Map
833 West Maple Street

Jackson
,
Mississippi

United States
Information
School typeSecondary
Motto"Enhancing Today's Minds to Lead Tomorrow's Future."
Established1925[1]
School districtJackson Public School District
SuperintendentCedric Gray[2]
PrincipalMRS. STACEY WEBB BAILEY
Staff72.37 (FTE)[3]
Enrollment863 (2023–2024)[3]
Student to teacher ratio11.92[3]
Color(s)Maroon and white   [4]
MascotBulldog
Feeder schoolsRowan Middle School
WebsiteOfficial website

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]

History

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Lanier 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

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The 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

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Superintendent". Retrieved December 17, 2008.
  3. ^ a b c "Lanier High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  4. ^ "MHSAA School Directory". Mississippi High School Activities Association. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  5. ^ "Administration / Principal". http. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  6. ^ "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original on March 23, 2007.
  7. ^ Dreher, Arielle (November 15, 2017). "How Integration Failed in Jackson's Public Schools from 1969 to 2017". Jackson Free Press.
  8. ^ Taylor, Ayana (May 12, 2004). "JPS, Then and Now". Jackson Free Press. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Feeder Patterns Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine – Jackson Public Schools.
  11. ^ [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']
  12. ^ https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/dr-gilbert-r-mason-sr-39#:~:text=Mason%2C%20Sr.%2C%20“wade,Tennessee%20State%20University%20in%201949.
  13. ^ 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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