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Murrah High School

1400 Murrah Drive, Jackson, MS, 39202-1229 -

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Definition of Terms

Murrah High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Hinds County, MS

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1333 students

% Male / % Female

45% / 55%

Total Classroom Teachers

68 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 482 students

Grade 10 - 314 students

Grade 11 - 231 students

Grade 12 - 243 students

Grade Not Listed - 63 students

This School

(MS) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:20

1:17

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(MS) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	1%	n/a
% Hispanic	1%	1%
% Black	93%	53%
% White	6%	43%

Additional Student Information

This School

(MS) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

44%

65%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(MS) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Jackson Public School District

This School's Agency

(MS) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	61	5
Number of Students Managed	33,782 students	2,328 students
District Total Revenue	$242,274,000	$16,989,000
District Expenditure	$246,661,000	$17,079,000
District Revenue / Student	$7,172	$6,879
District Expenditure / Student	$7,302	$6,138
District Graduation Rates	70%	78%

History: William Belton Murrah (1852-1925) was an American Bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1910. Born in Pickensville, Alabama, he was educated at Southern University (now Birmingham-Southern College) in Greensboro, Alabama, and at Centenary College in Jackson, Louisiana. In 1897 Murrah received the LL.D. degree from Wofford College in South Carolina. Prior to his election to the Episcopacy, he served from 1890 till 1910 as the first President of Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. Murrah High School in Jackson and Murrah Hall on the Millsaps campus were both named after William B. Murrah.
Base Pair Program: JPS is a partner with the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC) in the Base Pair research mentorship program funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The primary focus for Base Pair is to utilize the physical resources and intellectual capital of UMC to enable the pursuit of excellence in science education within a local public school environment. The program matches high school students with UMC faculty members for in-depth experiences in the sciences.
Base Pair has consistently emhasized three objectives: To cultivate career awareness among high school students in areas related to biomedical research; To train such students as effective "communicators of science" to the general public; To advance teacher professional and science curriculum development within the JPSD.
That program, funded since 1992 and continuing through 2007, has brought approximately $1.3 million for science education enhancement into the district.Base Pair-trained high school students are authors on more than five dozen published scientific papers or abstracts. Twenty-five Base Pair graduates are currently in post-baccalaureate academic programs, including 12 in M.D., M.D./Ph.D., Ph.D. (science) or Masters degree in science training. Six of these are currently enrolled in a program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Soar: The Student Oriented Academic Research (SOAR) program is a companion to the Base Pair program at Murrah High School. SOAR was developed to implement advanced science research activities for JPS students outside of the UMC zone. In this program, students are enrolled in Biology II during their junior year and other advanced life science courses during their senior year. The SOAR program supports advanced biomedical and forensic science laboratory research by students at each high school site.
Academic and Performing Arts Complex (APAC): The Academic and Performing Arts Complex (APAC) is open to students in grades 4-12 who are academic achievers and/or who show aptitude for one or more of the visual or performing arts. There is an application process held each year for entrance into the programs for the following school year.
Academics: Eligibility for the academics division is based on past grades, standardized tests, entrance tests, and teacher recommendations. Cooperative learning and higher order thinking skills are emphasized. Courses in math, science, language arts, and social studies prepare students to take further APAC and Advanced Placement/APAC classes in high school. APAC academic courses are offered for grades 4 and 5 at Power APAC Elementary; for grades 6 through 8 at Chastain, Powell, and Peeples middle schools; and for grades 9 through 12 at Murrah High School. In October 2002, Jackson Public Schools received a federal grant totaling almost $1 million to increase the number of middle and high school students who complete college-level courses in high school. This Advanced Placement (AP) Incentive Grant money has been used to increase the number of middle and high school students enrolling in and successfully completing Advanced Placement or college level courses in high school and in pre-AP courses through the district’s accelerated academic program (APAC).
Performing Arts: The performing arts division offers classes in dance, music, theatre arts, and visual arts. Students must make application and audition for entry into the program. These courses are offered for grades 4 through 12 at the Power APAC site.
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About This Zip Code (39202)

School Zip (39202)

(MS) State Average

Population (Approximate)

8,830 people

2,619,126 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

42%

18%

Population Average Age

32 years old

33 years old

Average Household size

2.1 persons

2.4 persons

Median Household Income

$24,935

$31,745

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

4.3 rooms

5.3 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

48 years old

33 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

32% / 68%

69% / 31%

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