Rosa Fort High School

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Rosa Fort High School
Location
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1100 Rosa Fort Dr, Tunica, MS 38676

United States
Information
PrincipalValarie Davis
Grades9–12
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment521 (2017–2018[1])
Websitewww.tunicak12.org/1/Home

Rosa Fort High School (RFHS) is a senior high school in unincorporated Tunica County, Mississippi,[2] adjacent to the North Tunica CDP,[3] and near Tunica. It is a part of the Tunica County School District.

History[]

After the rise of the gambling industry in the county in the 1990s, an influx of tax revenue went into the school system.[4] 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. Mehta said that therefore that 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.[5] Mehta that despite the influx of tax revenue, Rosa Fort High in 2007 was "a stubborn underperformer."[4] That year, it was ranked a "two" or "underperforming" in the State of Mississippi's five point scale. Mehta concluded that "Rosa Fort students aren't a whole lot better off academically than before the casinos arrived."[5] 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."[5]

As of 2010 98% of the students were black. This differed from the private Tunica Academy (formerly Tunica Institute for Learning), where 97% were white.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for ROSA FORT HIGH SCHOOL". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  2. ^ Home. Rosa Fort High School. Retrieved on July 8, 2017. " Rosa Fort High School 1100 Rosa Fort Dr, Tunica, MS 38676 "
  3. ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: North Tunica CDP, MS." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on July 8, 2017.
  4. ^ Jump up to: 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]
  5. ^ Jump up to: 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]
  6. ^ 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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Coordinates: 34°42′12″N 90°22′25″W / 34.7034°N 90.3736°W / 34.7034; -90.3736


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