The Kemper County School District is a public school district

School district

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 based in De Kalb

De Kalb, Mississippi

De Kalb is a town in Kemper County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 972 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Kemper County.-Geography:De Kalb is located at ....

, Mississippi

Mississippi

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 (USA

United States

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). The district's boundaries parallel that of Kemper County

Kemper County, Mississippi

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 10,453 people, 3,909 households, and 2,787 families residing in the county. The population density was 14 people per square mile . There were 4,533 housing units at an average density of 6 per square mile...

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Schools

• Kemper County High School (De Kalb; Grades 7-12)
• East Kemper Elementary School (Scooba; Grades PK-6)
• West Kemper Elementary School (De Kalb; Grades PK-6)

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 1,321 students enrolled in the Kemper County School District during the 2006-2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the district was 98.03% African American, 1.59% White, 0.23% Hispanic, and 0.15% Native American. 81.5% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.

Previous school years

School Year	Enrollment	Gender Makeup		Racial Makeup
		Female	Male	Asian	African American	Hispanic	Native American	White
2005-06	1,357	49%	51%	–	98.01%	0.15%	0.15%	1.69%
2004-05	1,333	48%	52%	–	97.22%	0.08%	0.15%	2.55%
2003-04	1,338	49%	51%	0.07%	97.01%	0.07%	–	2.84%
2002-03	1,363	49%	51%	0.22%	97.21%	0.07%	0.07%	2.42%

Accountability statistics

	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03
District Accreditation Status	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited
School Performance Classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools	0	1	1	0	0
Level 3 (Successful) Schools	1	2	2	3	1
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools	2	0	0	0	2
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Not Assigned	0	0	0	0	0