Editing Indianola, Mississippi (section)

===History of education===
Prior to the school district merger, the Sunflower County School District had its headquarters in the Sunflower County Courthouse in Indianola.<ref>[http://www.sunflower.k12.ms.us/ Home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725163522/http://www.sunflower.k12.ms.us/ |date=2010-07-25 }}. Sunflower County School District. Retrieved on August 17, 2010. "200 Main Street / Courthouse
Indianola, Mississippi 38751"</ref><ref>"[http://www.sunflower.k12.ms.us/demograp.html Demographics for Sunflower County Schools] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309091451/http://www.sunflower.k12.ms.us/demograp.html |date=2012-03-09 }}." [[Sunflower County School District]]. Retrieved on August 17, 2010.</ref> The district's educational services building is along [[U.S. Route 49]] West in Indianola.<ref>"[http://www.sunflower.k12.ms.us/edservic2.html Educational Services Building] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309091521/http://www.sunflower.k12.ms.us/edservic2.html |date=2012-03-09 }}." [[Sunflower County School District]]. Retrieved on August 17, 2010.</ref>

As of 1996, 90 per cent of students in the Indianola School District were black. Most of the white students who attend Indianola public schools transfer to private schools by junior high school.<ref>Sanchez, Rene. "[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/21829616.html?dids=21829616:21829616&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+17%2C+1996&author=Rene+Sanchez&pub=The+Washington+Post+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Academies+Are+Final+Bastions+Of+Separateness+Series%3A+IN+SEARCH+OF+THE+SOUTH%3B+SURVIVORS+OF+THE+SIXTIES+Series+Number%3A+4%2F6&pqatl=google Academies Are Final Bastions Of Separateness Series: IN SEARCH OF THE SOUTH; SURVIVORS OF THE SIXTIES Series Number: 4/6] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103141414/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/21829616.html?dids=21829616:21829616&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+17,+1996&author=Rene+Sanchez&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Academies+Are+Final+Bastions+Of+Separateness+Series:+IN+SEARCH+OF+THE+SOUTH%3B+SURVIVORS+OF+THE+SIXTIES+Series+Number:+4%2F6&pqatl=google |date=2012-11-03 }}." ''[[The Washington Post]]''. July 17, 1996. A01. Retrieved on August 17, 2010. "There are five public schools. Nearly nine of 10 students enrolled in them are black. And the small number of whites who do send their children to public schools usually switch to the academy once they reach junior high."</ref>