The Clarksdale Municipal School District (CMSD) is a public school district based in Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States.
Around the time of racial integration, circa the 1960s, the district arranged attendance boundaries of elementary schools so de facto segregation would occur. There had been plans to build a new consolidated Clarksdale-Coahoma County High School to serve all children in Coahoma County, plans were abandoned, even though the building was already constructed, because the officials wanted to maintain segregation in a de facto manner.
In 2019, "the district remains classified as low performing, bouncing between D and F every year since 2013. ...In the 2017-2018 school year, 19% of the district's teachers were not certified and â perhaps consequently â the district received an F rating." The district "has trouble retaining highly qualified educators."
Each elementary school has a school theme.
Former elementary schools:
Circa 2017, the district had about 3,200 students. Circa 2008, the district had about 3,600 students.
There were a total of 3,603 students enrolled in the Clarksdale Municipal School District during the 2006âÂÂ2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 50% female and 50% male. The racial makeup of the district was 94.34% African American, 4.75% White, 0.75% Asian, and 0.17% Hispanic. 89.9% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.