Editing Natchez, Mississippi (section)

==Education==
Natchez is home to [[Alcorn State University]]'s Natchez Campus, which offers the School of Nursing, the School of Business, and graduate business programs. The School of Business offers [[Master of Business Administration]] (MBA) degree and other business classes from its Natchez campus. The MBA program attracts students from a wide range of academic disciplines and preparation from the Southwest Mississippi area and beyond offering concentrations in general business, gaming management and hospitality management.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bschool.alcorn.edu/ |title=Alcorn State University - School of Business |access-date=June 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607114756/http://bschool.alcorn.edu/ |archive-date=June 7, 2012}}</ref> Both schools in the Natchez campus provide skills which has enabled community students to have an important impact on the economic opportunities of people in Southwest Mississippi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alcorn.edu/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418121248/http://www.alcorn.edu/|url-status=dead|title=Home - Alcorn State University|archive-date=April 18, 2012|website=Alcorn.edu|access-date=May 2, 2023}}</ref>

[[Copiah-Lincoln Community College]] also operates a campus in Natchez.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.colin.edu/about/campuses-and-maps/|title=Campuses & Maps|publisher=[[Copiah-Lincoln Community College]]|access-date=2024-09-27}}</ref> Adams County is in the district of Copiah–Lincoln Community College and has been since 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.colin.edu/about/who-we-are/history/|title=History|publisher=[[Copiah–Lincoln Community College]]|access-date=2024-09-27}}</ref>

The city of Natchez and Adams County are in the boundary of one public school system, the [[Natchez-Adams School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28001_adams/DC20SD_C28001.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Adams County, MS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-27}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28001_adams/DC20SD_C28001_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> The district comprises ten schools. They are Susie B. West, Morgantown, Gilmer McLaurin, Joseph F. Frazier, Robert Lewis Magnet School, Natchez Freshman Academy, Natchez Early College@Co-Lin, Central Alternative School, [[Natchez High School]], and Fallin Career and Technology Center.

In Natchez, there are a number of private and parochial schools. 
{{anchor|Adams County Christian School}}''Adams County Christian School'' (ACCS) is also a PK-12 school in the city. Adams County Christian School was founded as a segregation academy<ref name="Nominees Shared History">{{cite news |last1=Pittman |first1=Ashton |title=Nominees Share History of Slavery, Plantations, Seg Academies in Natchez Senate Race |url=https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2019/nov/01/nominees-share-history-slavery-plantations-seg-aca/ |access-date=November 2, 2019 |date=November 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102155926/https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2019/nov/01/nominees-share-history-slavery-plantations-seg-aca/ |archive-date=November 2, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> and is a member of the [[Mississippi Association of Independent Schools]] (MAIS). Cathedral School is also a PK-12 school in the city. It is affiliated with the Roman Catholic [[St. Mary Basilica, Natchez|St. Mary Basilica]]. Holy Family Catholic School, founded in 1890, is a PK-3 school affiliated with Holy Family Catholic Church.