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===Elementary and secondary schools=== During the segregation years, when black public schools were historically underfunded, Lexington in 1918 was the site for the founding of a private school for black students affiliated with the [[Church of God in Christ]]. It became known as [[Saints Academy (Mississippi)|Saints Academy]]. [[Arenia Mallory]] was hired as a young music teacher and later was selected as principal in 1926. She expanded the school to serve more students, ultimately with classes in grades 1β12. Conducting fund raising outside the state, she promoted a strong academic education with Christian discipline, and her school was nationally known. She led it until her death in 1977, ultimately establishing an associated junior college. The academy continued until 2006. During the period of integration of public schools in Mississippi in the late 1960s, many white parents in the majority-black Delta enrolled their children in newly established private [[segregation academies]], as they did in Holmes County. But statewide most white children remained in public schools.<ref>Bolton (2005), ''[[The Hardest Deal of All]]'', p. 109</ref> In Holmes County, blacks had become well-organized. But in other areas they lost control of their schools, with administrations often dominated by whites, resulting in new problems after integration.<ref>Bolton (2005), ''The Hardest Deal of All,'' pp. 178-179</ref> ====Public Schooling==== *[[Holmes County Consolidated School District]]<ref> * 2020 Map: {{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28051_holmes/DC20SD_C28051.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609212528/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28051_holmes/DC20SD_C28051.pdf |archive-date=June 9, 2021 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Holmes County, MS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 18, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28051_holmes/DC20SD_C28051_SD2MS.txt Text list] - In 2020 there was one school district * 2010 Map: {{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st28_ms/c28051_holmes/DC10SD_C28051_001.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609212622/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st28_ms/c28051_holmes/DC10SD_C28051_001.pdf |archive-date=June 9, 2021 |url-status=live|title=SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Holmes County, MS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 18, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st28_ms/c28051_holmes/DC10SD_C28051_SD2MS.txt Text list] - In 2010 there were two school districts</ref> *** The [[Durant School District (Mississippi)|Durant School District]] was separate until 2018<ref>"[https://mpe.org/mpe/documents/Consolidation.Final.pdf School District Consolidation in Mississippi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702083623/https://mpe.org/mpe/documents/Consolidation.Final.pdf |date=2017-07-02 }}." Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. Page 2 (PDF p. 3/6).</ref> ====Private schooling==== * [[Central Holmes Christian School]] (Lexington) (formerly Central Holmes Academy, founded as a [[segregation academy]]).<ref name="bolton">Bolton, Charles C. ''The Hardest Deal of All: The Battle Over School Integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980''. [[University Press of Mississippi]], 2005, p. 136. {{ISBN|1604730609}}, 9781604730609</ref><ref>Cobb, James Charles. ''[[The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity]]''. [[Oxford University Press]], 1994. {{ISBN|0195089138}}, 9780195089134.</ref><ref>"[http://www.chcstrojans.com/id8.html Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003091532/http://www.chcstrojans.com/id8.html |date=2013-10-03 }}." Central Holmes Christian School. Retrieved on March 23, 2013. "130 Robert E. Lee Street Lexington, MS 39095"</ref> * Old Dominion Christian School * [[Pillow Academy]] in unincorporated [[Leflore County, Mississippi|Leflore County]], near [[Greenwood, Mississippi|Greenwood]], enrolls some students from Holmes County.<ref name="Profile20102011">"[http://www.pillowacademy.com/profile.htm Profile of Pillow Academy 2010-2011] {{webarchive|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20011201014229/http://www.pillowacademy.com/profile.htm |date=2001-12-01 }}." [[Pillow Academy]]. Retrieved on March 25, 2012.</ref> It originally was founded as a [[segregation academy]].<ref>{{cite magazine | url = http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/cearas_season_111809/ | magazine = [[Jackson Free Press]] | title = Ceara's Season | author = Lynch, Adam | date = November 18, 2009 | access-date = August 19, 2011}}</ref> * [[East Holmes Academy]], A segregation academy that made national news in 1989 for offering to forfeit a game because the other school had a black player. Closed 2006.
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