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'''Hinds County Agricultural High School''' or '''Hinds Agricultural High School''' ('''HAHS''') was a public secondary school in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Hinds County, Mississippi|Hinds County]], [[Mississippi]], United States, south of [[Utica, Mississippi|Utica]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindscc.edu/Utica/UticaMap.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903172433/https://www.hindscc.edu/Utica/UticaMap.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Utica Map|publisher=[[Hinds Community College]]|date=2006-09-03|accessdate=2020-07-04|archive-date=2006-09-03}} - The map shows the location of the high school buildings. - Address from: {{cite web|url=http://www.hindsahs.k12.ms.us/pages/contact.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514125132/http://www.hindsahs.k12.ms.us/pages/contact.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Contact Us|publisher=Hinds County Agricultural High School|date=2010-05-13|accessdate=2020-07-04|archive-date=2010-05-14|quote=Hinds County Agricultural High School Miss. Highway 18, Hinds AHS P.O. Box 1089 Utica, MS 39175-0089}} - [https://www.hindscc.edu/campuses/utica College address]: "Utica 34175 Miss. 18 West Utica, MS 39175-9599" - Compare to: {{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st28_ms/place/p2875760_utica/DC10BLK_P2875760_001.pdf|title=2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Utica town, MS|work=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2020-07-04}} - The college campus, including the high school buildings, is not in the Utica city limits.</ref> It was located on the Utica campus of [[Hinds Community College]] until its 2014 closure. Hinds County AHS was one of three independently functioning agricultural high schools in the state of Mississippi.
The community college district operated the high school.<ref name=Boardrec>{{cite web|url=http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/12/state_education_board_recommen.html|title=State education board recommends closing one agriculture school, converting one and keeping one|agency=[[Associated Press]]|work=[[gulflive.com]]|date=2012-12-20|accessdate=2017-07-03}}</ref>
==History==
In 2012 the Mississippi Board of Education published a report recommending the closure of Hinds AHS. [[Augenblick, Palaich and Associates]], the report's author, stated that enrollment was declining at Hinds, that it had among the lowest levels of academic performance, and that it no longer had a focus on agriculture.<ref name=Boardrec/>
Hinds AHS closed on July 1, 2014. According to state law, its real property was to be given to Hinds Community College and its personal property was to be given to the [[Hinds County School District]].<ref>"[http://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/2014/title-37/chapter-27/section-37-27-80 2014 Mississippi Code Title 37 - EDUCATION Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS § 37-27-80 - Hinds Agriculture High School discontinued; disposal of property; diplomas]." [[Justia]]. Retrieved on July 3, 2017.</ref> On July 1, 2015, its property was transferred to the Hinds County School District.<ref>"[https://mpe.org/mpe/documents/Consolidation.Final.pdf School District Consolidation in Mississippi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702083623/https://mpe.org/mpe/documents/Consolidation.Final.pdf |date=2017-07-02 }}." Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. Page 2 (PDF p. 3/6).</ref>
==Athletics==
In 2014 the boys' track team won the third Class 1A championship of the MHSAA; this occurred just prior to the disestablishment of the school.<ref>{{cite news|author=Hilliard, Laurence|url=http://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/high-school/2014/05/13/hinds-ahs-wins-track-title-last-event-school-shuts/9025729/|title=Hinds AHS wins track title in last event before school shuts down|newspaper=[[The Clarion-Ledger]]|date=2014-05-12|accessdate=2017-07-09}}</ref>
==Demographics==
===2006{{ndash}}07 school year===
There were a total of 222 students enrolled at Hinds County Agricultural High School during the 2006{{ndash}}07 school year. The gender makeup of the school was 52% female and 48% male. The racial makeup of the school was 99.55% African American and 0.45% White.<ref name="MAARS">{{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 }}</ref> 78.2% of the school's students were eligible to receive free lunch.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/2008Report/DEMO0607.xls | title = 2006-07 State, District, and School Enrollment by Race/Gender with Poverty Data | format = [[Microsoft Excel|XLS]] | publisher = Mississippi Department of Education | date = 2008-01-16 | accessdate = 2008-05-19}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
===Previous school years===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! rowspan="2" | School Year
! rowspan="2" | Enrollment
! colspan="2" | Gender Makeup
! colspan="5" | Racial Makeup
|-
! Female
! Male
! Asian
| align="center" bgcolor=#e8e8e8 | '''African <br/>American'''
! Hispanic
| align="center" bgcolor=#e8e8e8 | '''Native <br/>American'''
! White
|-
| align="left" | 2005/06<ref name="MAARS"/>
| align="center" | 241
| align="center" | 52%
| align="center" | 48%
| align="center" | &ndash;
| align="center" | 100.00%
| align="center" | &ndash;
| align="center" | &ndash;
| align="center" | &ndash;
|-
| align="left" | 2004/05<ref name="MAARS"/>
| align="center" | 299
| align="center" | 49%
| align="center" | 51%
| align="center" | &ndash;
| align="center" | 100.00%
| align="center" | &ndash;
| align="center" | &ndash;
| align="center" | &ndash;
|-
| align="left" | 2003/04<ref name="MAARS"/>
| align="center" | 307
| align="center" | 50%
| align="center" | 50%
| align="center" | &ndash;
| align="center" | 100.00%
| align="center" | &ndash;
| align="center" | &ndash;
| align="center" | &ndash;
|-
| align="left" | 2002/03<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/RC3B/RC3B.htm |title=Mississippi Report Card for 2002-2003 |publisher=Office of Educational Accountability, Mississippi Department of Education |date=2004-09-02 |accessdate=2007-08-31 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812173502/http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/RC3B/RC3B.htm |archivedate=2007-08-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| align="center" | 290
| align="center" | 49%
| align="center" | 51%
| align="center" | &ndash;
| align="center" | 100.00%
| align="center" | &ndash;
| align="center" | &ndash;
| align="center" | &ndash;
|-
|}
==Accountability statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!
! 2006/07<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM07/ACC07LST.PDF |title=2007 Results |work=Mississippi Statewide Accountability System |publisher=Mississippi Department of Education |date=2007-09-13 |accessdate=2007-09-15 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127152304/http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM07/ACC07LST.PDF |archivedate=2007-11-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! 2005/06<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM06/ACC06LST.PDF |title=2006 Results |work=Mississippi Statewide Accountability System |publisher=Mississippi Department of Education |date=2006-09-06 |accessdate=2007-05-07 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217064644/http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM06/ACC06LST.PDF |archivedate=2007-02-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! 2004/05<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM05/ACC05FLST.PDF |title=2005 Results |work=Mississippi Statewide Accountability System |publisher=Mississippi Department of Education |date=2005-09-09 |accessdate=2007-05-07 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213051444/http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM05/ACC05FLST.PDF |archivedate=2006-12-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! 2003/04<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM04/ACC04FLST.PDF |title=2004 Results |work=Mississippi Statewide Accountability System |publisher=Mississippi Department of Education |date=2004-09-26 |accessdate=2007-05-07 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705114957/http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM04/ACC04FLST.PDF |archivedate=2007-07-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! 2002/03<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM03/ACC03CLST.PDF |title=2003 Results |work=Mississippi Statewide Accountability System |publisher=Mississippi Department of Education |date=2003-11-21 |accessdate=2007-05-07 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211050815/http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/SAM03/ACC03CLST.PDF |archivedate=2006-12-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| align="left" | '''District Accreditation Status'''
| align="center" | Accredited
| align="center" | Accredited
| align="center" | Accredited
| align="center" | Accredited
| align="center" | Accredited
|-
| align="left" colspan="6" | '''School Performance Classifications'''
|-
| align="left" | Level 5 (Superior Performing)
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
|-
| align="left" | Level 4 (Exemplary)
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
|-
| align="left" | Level 3 (Successful)
| align="center" | X
| align="center" | X
| align="center" | X
| align="center" |
| align="center" | X
|-
| align="left" | Level 2 (Under Performing)
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" | X
| align="center" |
|-
| align="left" | Level 1 (Low Performing)
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
|-
|}
==See also==
{{Portal|Mississippi|Schools|Agriculture}}
*[[Forrest County Agricultural High School]]
*[[Coahoma Early College High School]] (formerly Coahoma Agricultural High School)
*[[List of high schools in Mississippi]]
*[[List of school districts in Mississippi]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/*/http://www.hindsahs.k12.ms.us/|title=Hinds County Agricultural High School}}
{{Hinds County, Mississippi Schools}}
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[[Category:Public high schools in Mississippi]]
[[Category:Schools in Hinds County, Mississippi]]
[[Category:Agricultural schools]]
[[Category:Educational institutions disestablished in 2014]]
[[Category:2014 disestablishments in Mississippi]]