Provine High School
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{{Infobox school
| name = John W. Provine High School
| logo =
| established = 1956
| type = Public high school
| district = Jackson Public School District
| principal = Dr. Shelita Brown
| streetaddress = 2400 Robinson Road
| city = Jackson
| state = Mississippi
| zipcode = 39209
| country = United States
| campus = Urban
| team_name = Rams
| colors = {{color box|red}} {{color box|gray}}
| teaching_staff = 54.66 (FTE)
| enrollment = 732 (2023–24){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2802190&SchoolPageNum=4&ID=280219000409|title=Provine High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=January 1, 2025}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.jackson.k12.ms.us/Provine}}
}}
John W. Provine High School is a public high school located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Jackson Public School District. Nicknamed "Ram City", the school serves students in grades 9–12 in the West Jackson area. Students from the Northwest Hills Terrace, the Queens, Country Club Hills, and Westchester Hills subdivisions attend the school. The current principal is Dr.Shelita Brown
History
The school was established in 1956.
In 1992, it was designated a service-learning school. Since then, various organizations in the school have participated in service-learning projects. These include collecting and disseminating canned goods to the needy, collecting toiletries and pillows to distribute to the elderly in nursing homes, tutoring and mentoring elementary school students, assisting Habitat for Humanity with building houses for the destitute, and participating in walk-a-thons.
Demographics
There were a total of 1,179 students enrolled in Provine High during the 2006–07 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the school was 100.00% African American.{{cite web | url = http://orsap.mde.k12.ms.us:8080/MAARS/indexProcessor.jsp | title = Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System | publisher = Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070323012858/http://orsap.mde.k12.ms.us:8080/MAARS/indexProcessor.jsp | archivedate = 2007-03-23 }}
Feeder pattern
The following schools feed into Provine High School.[http://www.jackson.k12.ms.us/schools/feeder_patterns.htm Feeder Patterns] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011033217/http://www.jackson.k12.ms.us/schools/feeder_patterns.htm |date=2007-10-11 }} – Jackson Public Schools.
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- Middle schools
- Blackburn Middle School
- Elementary schools
- Clausell Elementary School
- Lake Elementary School
- Pecan Park Elementary School
- Raines Elementary School
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Notable alumni
- Charlie Anderson: former NFL player
- David Banner: rapper and producer
- Tommy Kelly: former NFL player
- Justin Reed: former NBA player
- Fred Smoot: former NFL player
- Savante Stringfellow: former Olympian{{citation needed|reason=linked article does not mention this school|date=April 2018}}
- Kendell Watkins: former NFL player
- Nanette Workman: singer-songwriter{{cite news |last1=Donavan |first1=Mabel |title=Musicampers do fine job on 'Paint Your Wagon' |publisher=Hattiesburg American |date=August 3, 1962}}
References
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- [https://archive.today/20120715205018/http://orig.clarionledger.com/news/0306/16/o01.html https://archive.today/20120715205018/http://orig.clarionledger.com/news/0306/16/o01.html]
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