Tupelo High School
| Tupelo High School | |
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| Location | |
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4125 Golden Wave Drive Tupelo, Mississippi 38801 United States |
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| Coordinates | US_type:edu 34°13′55″N 88°45′50″W / 34.232°N 88.764°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1914 |
| School district | Tupelo Public School District |
| Principal | Jason Harris |
| Faculty | 103.1 (on FTE basis) |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Gender | Co-ed |
| Enrollment | 1,995 (2013-14) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 18.6 |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Golden Wave |
| Rival | Starkville |
| Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | The Hi-Times |
| Yearbook | The Album |
| Website | 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, and fine arts as well there is also a self-contained grade-9 building. The current student population of the school is about 1,995. 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 again in 1999-2000.
Students attend class from 7:45 A.M. until 3:20 P.M. Monday through Friday. A normal school day consists of four period block with a twenty-minute lunch period. Students are allowed five minutes between each ninety-minute period to change classes.
The school has many extracurricular activities including band, sports, fine arts, and many clubs.
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