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CHATROOM ROSA FORT HIGH SCHOOL
744 School St.
Tunica, MS 38676.
(662) 363-2811
"Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love."
Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.
Please check the 08-09 MCT2-SCI-SATP Scores for each school that I just posted.
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If you are interested in knowing how your childs school has scored with the
MCT2, SCI, or SATP Mississippi testing please click the follwing link. Or I have posted the links under each school ..
MCT2...SCI...SATP
Here is a list of your local Tunica County School Officials.
- Jerry Gentry, Superintendent
Shequetta Linzy, Public Relations Specialist
Debra Dace, Curriculum Coordinator K-8
Larry Ball, Curriculum Coordinator 9-12
Nancy Johnson, Curriculum Secretary
Gail Carter, Federal Programs Coordinator
Becky Dean, Special Education Coordinator
Willie Douglas, SPED Secretary
Rosemary Hippensteel, School Psychologist
Yulanda Austin, Business Manager
Jeffrey Taylor, Assistant Business Manager
Carolyn Steele, Payroll Manager
Tammy Perryman, Accounts Payable
Odessa Gibbs, Fixed Asset Manager
Barbara Joyner, Superintendent's Secretary
Angela Thomas, Receptionist
Yvonne Franklin, Food Service Director
Dianne Daley, Technology Coordinator
The Tunica County School System is a single, consolidated entity governed by the county Superintendent of Education and a five-member Board of Education, elected by registered voters.
The system currently has more than 2,400 students enrolled in grades K-12 and is growing at the rate of about 100 students per year. All buildings and facilities have been modernized and upgraded recently, and a new elementary school and middle school were built in 2002.
The system holds a current valid accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Tunica County pays the highest teacher salaries in Mississippi and has the second highest per student expenditure.
*Students enrolled at the Vocational/Technical and Alternative schools are included in enrollment figures of the county high schools.
Teacher/Pupil Ratio - 1:17
Total Faculty - 183
Total Staff - 390
Public Expenditure Per Student - $11,118
Graduation Rate - 82%
Average Composite ACT Score - 17.2
Median years of school completed for persons age 25 and above - 12.2
Private Schools
Tunica County offers one private school, Tunica Institute of Learning (TIL). Current enrollment is 170. Accreditation is through Mississippi Private Schools Association. TIL serves students K-12.
Current Enrollment - 170 (K-12)
Accreditation - Mississippi Private Schools Association
Tuition - $3,900 per year .