Holmes Community College is a public community college with its main campus in Goodman, Mississippi. It also has campuses in Grenada and Ridgeland, and satellite campuses in Attala, Webster, and Yazoo counties.
Holmes Community College was established in 1911, when plans were made to found Holmes County Agricultural High School in Goodman, Mississippi. The town of Goodman provided of land (along with free water from the community's artesian well) on the west side of town, and the Board of Trustees purchased an additional adjacent to the original school location. The mascot of Holmes Community College is the bulldog.
It was previously Holmes Junior College (HJC).
Holmes Community College originally began as Holmes County Agricultural High School, established in 1911 when the town of Goodman provided forty acres of land and the college's board of trustees bought forty-two acres of land on the west side of Goodman, Mississippi. In 1922, the Mississippi Legislature made it legal for agricultural high schools to add two years of college work. Holmes added the first year of college work in the 1925-1926 school session, and a sophomore year of college work in the 1928-1929 school session.
The college's focus is to provide education and credits to students seeking to transfer to a 4-year college and to provide students with technical experience for the workforce.
The college offers a variety of academic and technical pathways:
Counties it serves, in addition to Holmes, are Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Madison, Montgomery, Webster, and Yazoo.
Holmes Community College currently operates across 5 campuses:
The Goodman campus currently has 43 notable buildings, including stadiums, sports fields, lecture halls and residences. The college opened with three buildings. The first gym was built in 1928, the football stadium in 1936, and coliseum in 1974. A new building to expand medical and nursing programs is expected to be completed in 2027.
The college participates in the NJCAA athletics program.