Tupelo High School - Tupelo, Oklahoma/OK

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Tupelo High School

Po Box 239, Tupelo, OK, 74572-0239 -

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Definition of Terms

Tupelo High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Coal County, OK

Students & Faculty

Total Students

77 students

% Male / % Female

56% / 44%

Total Classroom Teachers

6 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 16 students

Grade 10 - 20 students

Grade 11 - 24 students

Grade 12 - 15 students

Grade Not Listed - 2 students

This School

(OK) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:13

1:15

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(OK) School Average

% American Indian	30%	23%
% Asian	n/a	1%
% Hispanic	3%	6%
% Black	3%	7%
% White	65%	63%

Additional Student Information

This School

(OK) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

66%

35%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

18%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(OK) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Tupelo School District

This School's Agency

(OK) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	2	3
Number of Students Managed	240 students	523 students
District Total Revenue	$2,011,000	$3,991,000
District Expenditure	$1,879,000	$3,851,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,379	$7,631
District Expenditure / Student	$7,829	$7,363
District Graduation Rates	n/a	76%

Tupelo High School’s Madrigals Singe Feaste runs Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
posted on November 22, 2009 at 02:38:52 pm
For 34 years, Tupelo High School’s Madrigals have invited people to experience an Old World Christmas with songs that go back hundreds of years. The 2009 Singe Feaste will run from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 at All Saints’ Episcopal Church.
Tupelo High Principal Curlee to retire (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
posted on November 20, 2009 at 02:54:10 pm
TUPELO – Tupelo High School Principal Mac Curlee announced Thursday that he will retire at the end of the semester. In his 40th year as an educator and 14th year at THS, Curlee said Thursday night that it was just time.
Tupelo H.S. football search committee meets (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
posted on November 20, 2009 at 08:37:09 am
The committee to find Tupelo High School’s next football coach met for the first time Thursday night, the Journal’s Chris Kieffer reports.
Former Tupelo baseball standout signs with Delta State (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 01:08:13 pm
Tupelo High School outfielder Collin Dexter signed a national letter of intent Wednesday to play baseball for Delta State. Dexter, who will move to center field from left field this season, batted a team-high .358, hit six home runs and had 31 RBI last spring for the Golden Wave.
Tupelo tournament opens today at Ballard Park (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 01:08:46 pm
There will be a full slate of high school soccer in the two-day Tupelo High School tournament at Ballard Park.

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Tupelo High School is the only public high school in Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S.. The campus consists of fourteen buildings, including a Performing Arts Center, an Advanced Technology Center, which houses the Global Language Lab, and a separate ninth-grade building. The entire campus has a capacity of 2000 students, though there are generally about 1,900 students who attend THS. They offer a curriculum containing 160 Carnegie units, 16 of which are Advanced Placement.
THS is a two-time National Blue Ribbon School award winner, having won the award in 1983-1984 and again in 1999-2000.
Notable alumni
John Dye, actor (Touched by an Angel), graduated 1981.
Jarious Jackson, Quarterback, Notre Dame, Denver Broncos
Elvis Presley, Musician, Actor, Icon
Student Life
Students generally attend class from 8:00 A.M. until 3:30 P.M. Monday through Friday. A normal school day consists of eight full periods with one of those being a lunch period and a homeroom period between sixth and seventh period that lasts for 26 minutes. Students, however, are not required to have a lunch period and many do not in order to allow more time for classes. Students are allowed five minutes between each fifty minute period to change classes.
The school has many extracurricular activities offered for students including sports, fine arts, and many clubs.
Tupelo High School home page. Tupelo High School on 2008-02-06.
About Our School. Tupelo High School. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
Other NOTABLE Alumni:
Elvis Presley-MusicianChristopher Thigpen-Musician/Writer/Director/Producer/Screenplay Writer/Poet

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