Creator: Department of Education (RG 50)

Collection Summary: Reports to the Mississippi State Accrediting Commission containing various forms enumerating and describing the attributes of schools in compliance with state accreditation standards. Report information includes general school information, building and grounds conditions, available equipment, school class schedules, teacher schedules and qualifications, library information, class offering information and an accumulative rating for the school. Some files also have letters of inquiry from school officials, response letters from the Department of Education, and school inspection cards. This series does not include student listings, and each school will have varying dates available. The series is predominantly arranged alphabetically by city. A single folder may hold reports for more that one school within the same city. The master list is a printed booklet listing all schools and dates available; however, the list is not entirely complete.

Access Restrictions: None.

Date(s): 1920-1967.

Volume: 107.0 Cubic Feet.

Finding Aid Created By: Shaun Stalzer in August 2024.

Related Materials: TBD

Record Group History: The first two state constitutions, 1817 and 1832, did not provide for a system of public education, and it was not until 1846 that the first common school law of the state was enacted. Prior to 1868, the establishment and funding of public schools rested with county officials. The state constitution of 1868 provided for the first Superintendent of Public Education, which specified that he shall be elected for a term of four years, at the same time and in the same manner as the governor. The Superintendent of Public Education was also to have general supervision of the common schools and educational interests of the state. The Department of Education in the modern era is charged with the execution of all laws relating to the administrative, supervisory and consultative services to the public schools, agricultural high schools, and junior colleges in the state. 

Collection Inventory:
Box Content 

Box Number

Master List of all Accreditation Files8339
1965-1966: Adams - Itawamba (elementary school only)16611
1965-1966: Amite - Noxubee (high school only)16596
1965-1966: Jackson - Neshoba (elementary school only)16631
1965-1966: Ocean Springs - Yazoo City (elementary school only)16631
1965-1966: Ocean Springs - Yazoo City (elementary school only)16671
1965-1966: Oktibbeha - Yazoo City (high school only)16669
1966-1967: Aberdeen - Lowndes (junior high and high school only16492
1966-1967: Aberdeen - Weston (summer school only)16622
1966-1967: Jones - Yazoo (elementary only)16490
1966-1967: Madison - Yazoo City (junior high and high school only)16561
1966-1967: Adams - Jefferson (elementary only)19573
1968: Amite - Yazoo city (secondary school only)16562
Abbeville- Byhalia: 1951-196419562
Blue Springs – Boyle8341
Boyle – Brookhaven8342
Brookhaven – Bruce8343
Bruce- Calhoun City8344
Calhoun City – Carson8345
Calhoun City - Columbia: 1951-196419563
Carson – Chalybeate8346
Charleston – Clarksdale8347
Clarksdale – Cleveland8348
Cleveland – Coldwater8360
Collins – Columbia8361
Columbia – Columbus8362
Columbus – Conehatta8363
Columbus- Greenvile: 1951-196419564
Conway – Crawford8364
Crenshaw – Cyber8365
Daleville- D'lo6
Doddsville – Dumas5
Duncan – Egypt8349
Electric Mills – Ethel8366
Etta – Flora8367
Flora – Fulton8371
Gallman – Goodman8340
Goodman– Greenville8309
Greenville – Greenwood8307
Greenwood – Gulfport8305
Grenada - Jackson: 1951-196419565
Gulfport8301
Gulfport – Harrisville8303
Hattiesburg8299
Hattiesburg– Heidelberg8297
Heidelberg – Holcomb8325
Holcut- Horn Lake8323
Horn Lake – Ingomar8321
Inverness – Jackson8319
Jackson8317
Jackson8315
Jackson8311
Jackson – Jonestown8313
Jackson- Lena: 1951-196419571
Kewanee – Kreole8293
Lafayette Springs – Laurel8291
Laurel8289
Laurel– Leland8287
Lemon – Lombaudy8285
Lexington- Mound Bayou: 1951-196419572
Long Beach – Louisville8283
Louisville– Lula8281
Lumberton- Macon8263
Madden– Magnolia8261
Mantachie – Mathiston8259
Maud– McComb8257
McCondy– Mendenhall8255
Mendenhall– Meridian8253
Meridian8251
Meridian– Money8275
Monticello–Morton8277
Morton– Myrtle8273
Myrtle– Natchez8271
Natchez- Poplarville: 1951-196419561
Neely- New Augusta8269
New Hebron – Noxapater8267
OakGrove – Osyka8368
Osyka – Pachuta8369
Paden – Pascagoula8370
PassChristian – Perkinston8374
Perkinston– Philadelphia8375
Philadelphia8358
Philadelphia- Pine Valley8373
Pineville– Pontotoc8359
Pope- Port Gibson8377
PortGibson – Puckett8378
PortGibson - Sunflower: 1951-196419560
Pulaski– Raymond3
Raymond – Rienzi2
Ripley – Rosedale8331
Rosedale– Sandersville8329
Sandersville– Scobey8376
Scooba– Sharon4
Shaw- Silver City8351
Silvercreek– Starkville8350
Starkville– Summit8353
Summit– Taylorsville8354
Tchula– Toccopola8355
Tomnolen8356
Tougaloo- Yazoo City: 1951-196412168
Tupelo – Tylertown8357
Tylertown– Vance8332
Vancleave– Vicksburg8247
Vicksburg- Walnut Grove8334
Walnut Grove – Waynesboro8335
Waynesboro – West8336
West– Wiggons8337
Wilkinson- Yazoo City8338
Yazoo City – Zama8339