Wingfield High School
Address
Map
1985 Scanlon Dr

Jackson
,
Hinds
,
Mississippi
39204-4419

United States
Coordinates32°16′51″N 90°14′30″W / 32.28083°N 90.24167°W / 32.28083; -90.24167
Information
School typePublic
Established1966
School districtJackson Public Schools[1]
NCES School ID280219000423 [1]
PrincipalRoderick Smith[2]
Teaching staff49.59 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12 [1]
Number of students766 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio15.45[1]
Color(s)Blue and Gold
SportsBoys Sports

Football Cross Country Basketball Track Soccer Baseball Tennis Golf

Girls Sports

Basketball Track Soccer Slow Pitch Softball Tennis Golf Volleyball

[3]
MascotFalcon
Team nameMighty Falcons
Feeder schoolsPeeples Middle School, Whitten Middle School
Websitewww.jackson.k12.ms.us/wingfield

Wingfield High School is a public high school located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Jackson Public School District. Almost 900 children from southern Jackson attend Wingfield High School in grades 9–12, as well as over 70 administration and staff. The principal of is Roderick Smith.

The mascot of Wingfield is the falcon.

Demographics

There are a total of 859 students enrolled in Wingfield High during the 2011–2012 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the school was 97.35% African American and 2.65% White.[4]

1982 shooting incident

On November 12, 1982, an 18-year-old dropout James Hartzog armed with a 20-gauge shotgun killed his girlfriend, 17-year-old Faye Williams, in her algebra class at Wingfield High School. Hartzog then killed himself.[5]

Feeder pattern

The following schools feed into Wingfield High School.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Wingfield High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "*Wingfield Administration / Principal". www.jackson.k12.ms.us. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Athletics". Wingfield High School. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original on 2007-03-23. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
  5. ^ "Shotgun Murder, Suicide In High School Classroom". The Victoria Advocate, Volume 137, Number 190 (Victoria, Texas). November 13, 1982. p. 9A.
  6. ^ "School Directory / School Feeder Patterns". www.jackson.k12.ms.us. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

External links

City of Jackson
Education in Hinds County, Mississippi
Authority control databases: Geographic
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