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There were a total of 2,394 students enrolled in the Lafayette County School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 47% female and 53% male. The racial makeup of the district was 29.20% African American, 69.13% White, 1.42% Hispanic, 0.13% Native American, and 0.13% Asian.
Lafayette County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. At the 2020 census, the population was 55,813. [1] Its county seat is Oxford. [2] The local pronunciation of the name is "la-FAY-et." The county's name honors Marquis de Lafayette, a French military hero and American general who fought during the American Revolutionary War. [3]
Area served City of license VC RF Callsign Network Notes Biloxi: 13 32 WLOX: ABC: CBS on 13.2, Bounce TV on 13.3, True Crime Network on 13.4 : 19 16 WMAH-TV: PBS: satellite of WMPN-TV ch. 29 Jackson
The superintendent is voted on and elected by the school board. From 2013 through 2017 the superintendent was Brian Harvey. Harvey graduated from the district in 1990 and worked in the district for 17 years; as a middle and high school teacher, the assistant principal at Oxford High School, and the principal at both Central Elementary and Oxford Middle School.
DK Metcalf [born 1997), NFL wide receiver, born in Oxford; Alex Mullen (born 1992), world memory champion, raised in Oxford; Michael Oher (born 1986), NFL offensive tackle; Jim Poole (1915–1994), NFL wide receiver, born in Oxford; Connie Price-Smith (born 1962), track and field coach; Culley Rikard (1914–2000), MLB outfielder, born in Oxford
Mississippi's 1st congressional district is in the northeast corner of the state. It includes much of the northern portion of the state including Columbus, Oxford, Southaven, Tupelo, Olive Branch, and West Point.
Waller was born on October 21, 1926, near Oxford in Lafayette County, Mississippi, to Percy A. Waller and Myrtle Gatewood. [1] He and his two siblings worked on their parents' 300 acres (1.2 km 2) farm in their youth. The family was not affluent, but fared better than many of their neighbors during the Great Depression.
Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) is the public broadcasting network serving the U.S. state of Mississippi.It is owned by the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television (MAET), an agency of the state government that holds the licenses for all of the PBS and NPR member stations in the state.