Senatobia High School

It is a Title 1 eligible school.{{Cite web |date=2021–2022 |title=Senatobia High School (2022-2023 school year) |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2803930&ID=280393000751 |website=National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES)}} In 2022, the school's students were 52% Black, 43% White, and 3.4% Hispanic.{{Cite web |date=2021–2022 |title=Senatobia High School |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/mississippi/districts/senatobia-municipal-school-district/senatobia-high-school-11417 |website=U.S. News}} Blue and gold are the school colors, and the Warriors are the school mascot.{{Cite web |title=Mississippi High School Football History |url=https://www.ahsfhs.org/mississippi/Teams/teampage.asp?Team=Senatobia |website=www.ahsfhs.org}}

C. B. Sisler was the school's principal in 1898.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_tQcAQAAIAAJ |title=Report |others=Mississippi State Dept. of Education |year=1898 |pages=250 |language=en}} In 1900 T. P. Scott was the school's principal.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MGg9AAAAYAAJ&dq=senatobia+high+school.history&pg=PA77 |title=Catalogue of the Officers, Alumni and Students of the University of Mississippi, at Oxford, Mississippi |date=1900 |publisher=The University |others=University of Mississippi |pages=77 |language=en}} In 1907 it was documented as serving white boys while Blackbourne College served the area's white girls.{{Cite book |last=Rowland |first=Dunbar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1iQVAAAAYAAJ&dq=senatobia+high+school.history&pg=PA641 |title=Encyclopedia of Mississippi History: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions and Persons |date=1907 |publisher=S. A. Brant |pages=641 |language=en}}

The current school building at 221 Warrior Drive was built in 1938 as a Works Progress Administration project (FEAPWA Project #Miss. 1260) on the site of the former Senatobia Female College.{{Cite web |title=Senatobia High School - Senatobia MS |url=https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/senatobia-high-school-senatobia-ms/ |website=The New Living Deal}} The school's auditorium is Streamline Moderne-style, designed by architects Hull and Drummond, and constructed by Wessell Construction.{{Cite web |date=August 28, 2012 |title=Suzassippi's Mississippi: Senatobia High School |url=https://misspreservation.com/2012/08/28/suzassippis-mississippi-senatobia-high-school/ |website=Preservation in Mississippi}}

An analysis of the school's dropouts from 1955 to 1960 was published in 1962 by Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University.{{Cite book |last=Cathey |first=Melvin C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ciz9XwAACAAJ |title=An Analysis of Dropouts in Grade Nine Through Twelve in Senatobia High School, Senatobia, Mississippi for the Period 1955-1960 |date=1962 |publisher=Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University |language=en}}

The former campus location of Senatobia High School at 303 College Street is designated as part of a Mississippi Landmark since March 31, 1994; the listing is within the College Street Historic District under the name "Senatobia School Complex," which had also housed the middle school.{{cite web |date=May 2008 |title=Mississippi Landmarks |url=http://mdah.state.ms.us/hpres/MSLandmarks.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009033103/http://mdah.state.ms.us/hpres/MSLandmarks.pdf |archivedate=October 9, 2010 |accessdate=May 13, 2023 |publisher=Mississippi Department of Archives and History |quote=No. 137-SEN-0021.1-NRD-ML}}

In 2015, the school received a preservation grant from the Community Heritage Preservation Grant program for a new roof.https://www.msabrookhaven.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mdah-news-release-historic-preservation-december2015.pdf

The Senatobia High School Warriors football team was state champion in 2004. The football team plays at Varner Field. From 2016 until 2022, Brooks Oakley coached the football team,{{Cite web|url=https://www.hottytoddy.com/2022/01/28/south-panola-high-school-announces-brooks-oakley-as-new-head-football-coach/|title=South Panola High School Announces Brooks Oakley as New Head Football Coach|first=Adam|last=Brown|date=January 28, 2022}} and is an alumnus.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/northwest_mississippicc/docs/nwvsemcc|title=Northwest vs. East Miss. - October 17, 2013 by NWCC_Rangers - Issuu|website=issuu.com|date=14 October 2013 }} Oakley left for South Panola High School and was followed by Carter Norris, another Senatobia alum.

• Hugh Freeze, football player{{Cite web|url=https://www.hottytoddy.com/2013/08/23/hotty-toddy-tate-county/|title=Hotty Toddy Tate County|first=Adam|last=Brown|date=August 23, 2013}}
• C. Brinkley Morton, bishop{{Cite news |date=1994-07-21 |title=Obituary for Brinkley Morton |pages=6 |work=The Northside Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112998750/obituary-for-brinkley-morton/ |access-date=2022-11-13}}

• List of Art Deco architecture in the United States
• List of high schools in Mississippi
• Magnolia Heights School, Senatobia, a private school
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Tate County, Mississippi

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