School Profile
Enrollment: 1102 Students
Location: 1.8 miles off Hwy 15 on Sam T. Barkley Drive
Administrators:
Principal – Gwyn Russell
Assistant Principals – Grant Goolsby and Wesley McCullough
School Colors: Maroon and White
School Mascot: Bullpup
Secure Facility
Doors are locked throughout entire school day; Visitors report to main office where they enter office through secured entrance.
Playgrounds are enclosed and have gates.
Full-time School Resource Officer on campus
Features
- Built and established in 2002
- 54 classrooms
- Physical Education Building
- Pre-K/Early Childhood Program
- ELL program
- 21st Century Exploration Rotations: Music, Physical Education, Media Center, STEAM, & Agriculture
- Separate playgrounds for PreK through 2nd and 3rd through 5th
- 75 certified teachers
- Professional/experienced administrators
- State of the art technology
- School Counselor, Lifecore Counselors, & Behavior Interventionist
- EXCEL program
- Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Summer School/Extended Year Program (Special Education Services)
- A/AB Honor Roll
- Perfect Attendance Recognization
Demographics
- Located 25 miles from Tupelo, 35 miles from Oxford, and 75 miles from Memphis.
- Union County – 26,113 residents
- 83.3% white, 14.9% African American, 1.8 % other
- New Albany – 8,330 residents
- 64% white, 33% African American, 3% other
- 10,124 households
- 51.6% female – 48.4% male
- Annual Household Income $28, 730
- Unemployment rate of 4.5%
