Tupelo High School

Tupelo High School
Location
Map
4125 Golden Wave Drive
Tupelo, Mississippi 38801

United States
CoordinatesUS_type:edu 34°13′55″N 88°45′50″W / 34.232°N 88.764°W / 34.232; -88.764
Information
TypePublic
Established1914
School districtTupelo Public School District
PrincipalMelissa Thomas
Faculty131.15 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades9 to 12
GenderCo-ed
Enrollment2,001[1] (2022–23)
Student to teacher ratio15.26[1]
Color(s)Blue and Gold   
MascotGolden Wave
AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools[2]
NewspaperThe Hi-Times[3]
YearbookThe Album
Websitewww.tupeloschools.com/tupelo-high-school

Tupelo High School is the only public high school in Tupelo, Mississippi. The campus consists of fourteen buildings, including a Performing Arts Center, separate buildings for social studies, English, math, sciences, fine arts, and a self-contained grade-9 building.

The current student population of the school is around 2,000 students. As of 2014–2015, it is the largest enrolled public high school in the state of Mississippi. The class of 2015 consisted of 438 graduates. The school offers a curriculum containing 160 Carnegie units, 24 of which are Advanced Placement.

Tupelo High School is a two-time National Blue Ribbon School award winner, having won the award in 1983-1984 and another in 1999–2000.[4]

The school's boundary includes the vast majority of Tupelo and a portion of Saltillo.[5]

  1. ^ a b c "Tupelo High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "SACS CASI Accredited Schools". Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. January 15, 2008. Archived from the original on January 27, 2008. Retrieved February 6, 2008.
  3. ^ "About – THS Current". Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  4. ^ "Blue Ribbon Schools" (PDF). United States Department of Education Program- Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 199-2002.
  5. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lee County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 31, 2022. - Text list