| East Side High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
 | |
| Coordinates | 33°44′21″N 90°42′45″W / 33.7391°N 90.7126°W |
| Information | |
| Closed | 2017 |
| Enrollment | 360 of whom 359 were black |
East Side High School was a senior high school in Cleveland, Mississippi, within the Mississippi Delta region. It was a part of the Cleveland School District and the building itself remains such as a middle school. In September 2017, it was merged into Cleveland Central High School.[1]
As of 2016, it was an all-black high school.[2] Historically African-Americans lived in the eastern part of Cleveland.[3] Their teams were known as the Trojans.[4]
- ^ Home. (Archive). Cleveland School District. Retrieved on July 2, 2017.
- ^ Gates, Jimmie E. "Cleveland schools must desegregate" (Archive). The Clarion-Ledger. May 16, 2016. Retrieved on May 17, 2016.
- ^ Amy, Jeff (2016-10-13). "District ready to merge schools, but would shut black school". Clarion Ledger.
- ^ Lerner, Sharon. "A School District That Was Never Desegregated" (Archive). The Atlantic. February 5, 2015. Retrieved on May 18, 2016.