| Rosa Fort High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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1100 Rosa Fort Dr, Tunica, MS 38676 United States | |
| Information | |
| Principal | Valarie Davis |
| Staff | 37.47 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 447[1] (2022–2023[1]) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11.93[1] |
| Color(s) | Forest green and Vegas gold [2] |
| Mascot | Lions |
| Website | www |
Rosa Fort High School (RFHS) is a senior high school in unincorporated Tunica County, Mississippi,[3] adjacent to the North Tunica CDP,[4] and near Tunica (with a Tunica postal address).
It is a part of the Tunica County School District, which includes all of Tunica County.[5]
History
After the rise of the gambling industry in the county in the 1990s, an influx of tax revenue went into the school system.[6] In 1990, according to a Fortune article about Tunica, one in three students at Tunica's high school graduated from high school. In 1991 no agency tracked graduation rates. According to the Fortune article, while "[m]ore kids are graduating from high school - there's no way to know for sure" whether a significant improvement had been made in the year 2007.[7] Despite the influx of tax revenue, the article argues, Rosa Fort High in 2007 was "a stubborn underperformer."[6] That year, it was ranked a "two" or "underperforming" in the State of Mississippi's five point scale. The article concluded that "Rosa Fort students aren't a whole lot better off academically than before the casinos arrived."[7] Ronald Love, who had been hired by the state in 1997 to supervise the Tunica school system, said "It is like Tunica suffers from a hangover from 100 years of poverty. There are vestiges of it everywhere: in education, in local politics, in the housing. And when you have been the poorest of the poor, well, an infusion of resources might lighten your load, but you still have the hangover."[7]
As of 2010[update] 98% of the students were black. This differed from the private Tunica Academy (formerly Tunica Institute for Learning) a segregation academy founded in the desegregation period, where 97% were white.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d "Rosa Fort High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- ^ "MHSAA School Directory". Mississippi High School Activities Association. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ Home. Rosa Fort High School. Retrieved on July 8, 2017. " Rosa Fort High School 1100 Rosa Fort Dr, Tunica, MS 38676 "
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: North Tunica CDP, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2024-03-23. - Compare to the whole street address of the school (in other words, its location).
"2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: North Tunica CDP, MS." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on July 8, 2017. - ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Tunica County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-07-31. - Text list
- ^ a b Mehta, Stephanie N. "Legalized gambling saves a depressed town." Fortune at CNN/Money. March 15, 2007. p. 1. (Archive) Retrieved on June 3, 2013.[dead link]
- ^ a b c Mehta, Stephanie N. "Legalized gambling saves a depressed town." Fortune at CNN/Money. March 15, 2007. p. 2. (Archive) Retrieved on June 3, 2013.[dead link]
- ^ Dellinger, Matt. Interstate 69: The Unfinished History of the Last Great American Highway. Simon and Schuster, August 24, 2010. ISBN 143917573X, 9781439175736. p. 147.
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