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|name = Lanier High School |name = Lanier Junior Senior High School
|image = LanierBulldogs.JPG |image = LanierBulldogs.png
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⚫ |motto = ''"Enhancing Today's Minds to Lead Tomorrow's Future."''
|caption = Lanier Bulldogs Logo
|established = 1925<ref name='Lanier'>{{cite web |url=https://www.jackson.k12.ms.us/Page/1317 |title=School History |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Lanier High School |publisher=Jackson (MS) Public Schools |access-date=20 Oct 2017 |quote=Lanier was first organized as a junior-senior high school in 1925 providing instruction for pupils from the seventh through the twelfth grades.}}</ref>
⚫ |motto = <i>"Enhancing Today's Minds to Lead Tomorrow's Future"</i>
|schooltype = ] |schooltype = ]
|streetaddress = 833 West Maple Street |streetaddress = 833 West Maple Street
|city = ] |city = ]
|state = ] |state = ]
|country = ] {{flagicon|USA}} |country = United States
|principal = MRS. STACEY WEBB BAILEY
|principal = Shemeka McClung<ref name="admin">{{cite web|url=http://www.jackson.k12.ms.us/schools/schools.htm|accessdate=]-]-]|title=Jackson Public Schools}}</ref>
|superintendent = Lonnie J. Edwards<ref name="superintendent">{{cite web|url=http://www.jackson.k12.ms.us/superintendent/superintendent.htm|accessdate=]-]-]|title=Superintendent}}</ref> |superintendent = Cedric Gray<ref name="superintendent">{{Cite web|url=http://www.jackson.k12.ms.us/superintendent/superintendent.htm|access-date=2008-12-17|title=Superintendent}}</ref>
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|enrollment = 863 (2023–2024)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2802190&SchoolPageNum=3&ID=280219000396|title=Lanier High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=December 18, 2024}}</ref>
|enrollment = 872
|staff=72.37 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/>
|enrollment_as_of = 2006/2007
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|feeders=Brinkley Middle School<br />Rowan Middle School |feeders=Rowan Middle School
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'''Lanier High School''' is a ] in ], ] (]). The current ] of Lanier High School is Dr. McClung.


There were a total of 872 students enrolled in Lanier High during the 2006-2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 52% female and 48% male. The racial makeup of the school was 100.00% African American.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://orsap.mde.k12.ms.us:8080/MAARS/indexProcessor.jsp | title = Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System | publisher = Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education}}</ref> '''Lanier Junior Senior High School''', formerly '''W. H. Lanier High School''',<!--From https://www.mississippifreepress.org/two-jackson-public-schools-merge-creating-the-districts-first-7-12-institution-in-years/--> is a public middle and high school located in ], ], United States. It is part of the ]. The current ] is Valerie Bradley.<ref>{{cite web |title=Administration / Principal |url=https://www.jackson.k12.ms.us/domain/1628 |website=http |access-date=2 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref> There were a total of 872 students enrolled in Lanier High, then only a high school, during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 52% female and 48% male. The racial makeup of the school is 100% African American.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://orsap.mde.k12.ms.us:8080/MAARS/indexProcessor.jsp |title=Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System |publisher=Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070323012858/http://orsap.mde.k12.ms.us:8080/MAARS/indexProcessor.jsp |archive-date=March 23, 2007 }}</ref>


==Feeder Pattern== ==History==
Lanier was founded in 1925 as a junior and senior high school. It was named after ] (1855–1929), who was superintendent of black schools in Jackson from 1912 until his death.<ref name='Lanier'/> Due to ], Lanier was ] until 1969,<ref name=Dreherintegrationfailed>{{cite web|author=Dreher, Arielle|url=http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2017/nov/15/how-integration-failed-jacksons-public-schools-196/|title=How Integration Failed in Jackson’s Public Schools from 1969 to 2017|work=]|date=2017-11-15}}</ref> when Jackson schools were integrated by law.<ref name=TaylorAyanaTheNnow>{{cite web|author=Taylor, Ayana|url=https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2004/may/12/jps-then-and-now/|title=JPS, Then and Now|work=]|date=2004-05-12|access-date=2019-11-18}}</ref>
⚫ The following schools feed into Lanier High School.<ref> – Jackson Public Schools.</ref>


In 2023, Brinkley Middle consolidated into Lanier High.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jackson|first=Torsheta|url=https://www.mississippifreepress.org/two-jackson-public-schools-merge-creating-the-districts-first-7-12-institution-in-years/|title=Two Jackson Public Schools Merge, Creating the District’s First 7-12 Institution in Years|newspaper=]|date=2023-07-25|access-date=2024-08-27}}</ref>
⚫ *'''Middle Schools'''
⚫ **Brinkley Middle School
**Rowan Middle School


==Feeder pattern==
⚫ *'''Elementary Schools'''
⚫ The following schools fed into Lanier High School as of 2007.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011033217/http://www.jackson.k12.ms.us/schools/feeder_patterns.htm |date=October 11, 2007 }} – Jackson Public Schools.</ref>
**Bradley Elementary School

**Brown Elementary School
⚫ *'''Middle schools'''
⚫ **Brinkley Middle School
⚫ *'''Elementary schools'''
**Dawson Elementary School **Dawson Elementary School
**Galloway Elementary School **Galloway Elementary School
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**Walton Elementary School **Walton Elementary School


==Notable Alumni== ==Notable alumni==
* ], author and social historian
*], ] player on the ] * ], former ] player

* ] (born 1955), (Democratic politician) in ]
==See also==
* ], ] basketball player<ref>[http://themississippilink.com/wp-
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content/uploads/2012/01/July-10-2014.pdf Jackson's 'Legends of Basketball' reunion brings together Brinkley, Jim Hill and Lanier high school players who 'ruled the court']</ref>
* ], family physician, civil rights leader, and author<ref>https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/dr-gilbert-r-mason-sr-39#:~:text=Mason%2C%20Sr.%2C%20“wade,Tennessee%20State%20University%20in%201949.</ref>
* ], renowned ]; attended Lanier but dropped out to earn money for his family<ref name="Rayson">Rayson, Ann. "Richard Wright's Life." Nelson, Cary and Brinkman, Bartholomew, eds. Department of English, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: 2001.</ref>


==References== ==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
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Secondary school in Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Lanier Junior Senior High School
Address
833 West Maple Street
Jackson, Mississippi
United States
Information
School typeSecondary
Motto"Enhancing Today's Minds to Lead Tomorrow's Future."
Established1925
School districtJackson Public School District
SuperintendentCedric Gray
PrincipalMRS. STACEY WEBB BAILEY
Staff72.37 (FTE)
Enrollment863 (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio11.92
Color(s)Maroon and white   
MascotBulldog
Feeder schoolsRowan Middle School
WebsiteOfficial website

Lanier Junior Senior High School, formerly W. H. Lanier High School, is a public middle and high school located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Jackson Public School District. The current principal is Valerie Bradley. There were a total of 872 students enrolled in Lanier High, then only a high school, during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 52% female and 48% male. The racial makeup of the school is 100% African American.

History

Lanier was founded in 1925 as a junior and senior high school. It was named after William Henry Lanier (1855–1929), who was superintendent of black schools in Jackson from 1912 until his death. Due to segregation, Lanier was reserved for black students until 1969, when Jackson schools were integrated by law.

In 2023, Brinkley Middle consolidated into Lanier High.

Feeder pattern

The following schools fed into Lanier High School as of 2007.

  • Middle schools
    • Brinkley Middle School
  • Elementary schools
    • Dawson Elementary School
    • Galloway Elementary School
    • Johnson Elementary School
    • Smith Elementary School
    • Walton Elementary School

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "School History". Lanier High School. Jackson (MS) Public Schools. Retrieved October 20, 2017. Lanier was first organized as a junior-senior high school in 1925 providing instruction for pupils from the seventh through the twelfth grades.
  2. "Superintendent". Retrieved December 17, 2008.
  3. ^ "Lanier High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  4. "MHSAA School Directory". Mississippi High School Activities Association. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  5. "Administration / Principal". http. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  6. "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original on March 23, 2007.
  7. Dreher, Arielle (November 15, 2017). "How Integration Failed in Jackson's Public Schools from 1969 to 2017". Jackson Free Press.
  8. Taylor, Ayana (May 12, 2004). "JPS, Then and Now". Jackson Free Press. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  9. Jackson, Torsheta (July 25, 2023). "Two Jackson Public Schools Merge, Creating the District's First 7-12 Institution in Years". Mississippi Free Press. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  10. Feeder Patterns Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine – Jackson Public Schools.
  11. [http://themississippilink.com/wp- content/uploads/2012/01/July-10-2014.pdf Jackson's 'Legends of Basketball' reunion brings together Brinkley, Jim Hill and Lanier high school players who 'ruled the court']
  12. https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/dr-gilbert-r-mason-sr-39#:~:text=Mason%2C%20Sr.%2C%20“wade,Tennessee%20State%20University%20in%201949.
  13. Rayson, Ann. "Richard Wright's Life." Modern American Poetry. Nelson, Cary and Brinkman, Bartholomew, eds. Department of English, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: 2001.

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