Wingfield High School

{{Distinguish|Winfield High School (disambiguation){{!}}Winfield High School}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Wingfield High School | logo = File:Wingfield High School crest.png | seal_image = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | motto = | motto_translation = | location = | address = 1985 Scanlon Dr | city = Jackson | state = Mississippi | county = Hinds | zipcode = 39204-4419 | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|32|16|51|N|90|14|30|W|display=inline,title}} | schooltype = Public | fundingtype = | type = | established = 1966 | founded = | opened = | founder = | status = Closed | closed = 2024 | locale = | sister_school = | school_board = | district = Jackson Public Schools<ref name=NCES /> | us_nces_district_id = | authority = | category = | category_label = | oversight = | oversight_label = | authorizer = | superintendent = | trustee = | specialist = | session = | school_number = | school_code = | ceeb = | us_nces_school_id = 280219000423 <ref name=NCES /> | president = | chair = | chairman = | chairperson = | dean = | administrator = | rector = | director = | principal = Roderick Smith<ref>{{cite web |title=*Wingfield Administration / Principal |url=https://www.jackson.k12.ms.us/domain/1240 |website=www.jackson.k12.ms.us |accessdate=19 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref> | campus_director = | headmistress = | headmaster = | head_of_school = | head_teacher = | executive_headteacher = | acting_headteacher = | head = | head_label = | chaplain = | custodian = | staff = | faculty = | teaching_staff = 44.55 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/> | employees = | key_people = | grades = 9{{ndash}}12 <ref name=NCES/> | enrollment = 608 (2022–23)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2802190&SchoolPageNum=5&ID=280219000423|title=Wingfield High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=August 26, 2024}}</ref> | grade9 = | grade10 = | grade11 = | grade12 = | grade13 = | other = | other_grade_enrollment = | other_grade_label = | international_students = | classes = | avg_class_size = | ratio = 13.65<ref name=NCES /> | system = | classes_offered = | language = | schedule_type = | schedule = | hours_in_day = | classrooms = | campuses = | campus = | campus_size = | area = | campus_type = | houses = | colours = | colors = Royal blue and gold<br>{{color box|royalblue}} {{color box|gold}}<ref name=colors>{{Cite web|title=MHSAA School Directory|url=https://www.misshsaa.com/mhsaa-school-directory/|access-date=2024-03-09|website=Mississippi High School Activities Association|language=en-US}}</ref> | slogan = | song = | fight_song = | athletics = | athletic_conference = | sports = Boys Sports

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<ref name=Athletics>{{cite web|title=Athletics|url=http://wingfield.jpsms.org/athletics|work=Wingfield High School|accessdate=6 February 2013}}</ref> | mascot = Falcon | mascot image = | nickname = | team_name = Mighty Falcons | rival = | accreditation = | USNWR_ranking = | national_ranking = | test_name = | test_average = | decile = | publication = | newspaper = | yearbook = | products = | endowment = | budget = | fees = | tuition = | revenue = | communities = | feeder_schools = Peeples Middle School, Whitten Middle School | feeder_to = | graduates = | affiliations = | alumni = | nobel_laureates = | information = | website = {{URL|https://www.jackson.k12.ms.us/wingfield}} | footnotes = }} '''O.H. Wingfield High School''' was a public high school located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It was part of the Jackson Public School District. Almost 900 children from South Jackson attended Wingfield High School in grades 9{{ndash}}12, as well as over 70 administration and staff. The principal of Wingfield was Roderick Smith. The school closed in May 2024.

The mascot of Wingfield was the falcon.

==Demographics== There were a total of 859 students enrolled at Wingfield during the 2011{{ndash}}2012 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the school was 97.35% African American and 2.65% White.<ref>{{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 | access-date = 2007-10-12 | archive-date = 2007-03-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070323012858/http://orsap.mde.k12.ms.us:8080/MAARS/indexProcessor.jsp | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==History== In 1966 the school opened.<ref name=SimmonsScottWAPTforgood>{{cite web|last=Simmons|first=Scott|url=https://www.wapt.com/article/end-of-an-era-wingfield-high-school-closes-in-jackson/60940720|title=End of an era at Wingfield as school closes its doors for good|publisher=WAPT-TV|access-date=2024-08-29}}</ref>

On November 12, 1982, an 18-year-old dropout James Hartzog armed with a 20-gauge shotgun killed his girlfriend, 17-year-old Faye Williams, in her algebra class at Wingfield High School. Hartzog then killed himself.<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aMFHAAAAIBAJ&pg=3889,3102138 |title = Shotgun Murder, Suicide In High School Classroom |work = The Victoria Advocate, Volume 137, Number 190 (Victoria, Texas) |date = November 13, 1982 |page = 9A }}</ref>

In 2008 enrollment was about 1,200.<ref name=SimmonsScottWAPTforgood/> Circa 2017, the enrollment count was 1,100. Pam Dinkins of the ''Clarion Ledger'' stated that rumors that Wingfield would close had circulated for years in the Jackson community.<ref name=Dinkins>{{cite web|last=Dinkins|first=Pam|url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2024/05/22/wingfield-high-school-people-impacted-by-school-closing-in-2024/73306006007/|title=Wingfield High School closure: Students, staff, faculty cope with the loss of their 'home'|newspaper=Clarion Ledger|date=2024-05-22|access-date=2024-08-28}}</ref>

The school district stated that the number of students and the amount of money in the system declined, and therefore it decided to close 11 schools after Spring 2024, with Wingfield being the sole high school closed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/wingfield-high-closes-doors-for-good-as-jackson-public-schools-begins-consolidation-plan/|title= Wingfield High closes doors for good as Jackson Public Schools begins consolidation plan |publisher=Mississippi Public Broadcasting|date=2024-06-06|access-date=2024-08-28}}</ref> At the time it closed, the high school had 594 students.<ref name=Dinkins/>

Scott Simmons of WAPT-TV stated that two schools that were likely to receive Wingfield students were Forest Hill High School and Jim Hill High School.<ref name=SimmonsScottWAPTforgood/>

New Horizon Church International expressed interest in buying the Wingfield site.<ref>{{cite web|last=Adams|first=Ross|url=https://www.wapt.com/article/new-horizon-church-plans-to-buy-wingfield-high-school/60685114|title=South Jackson church plans to buy Wingfield High School|publisher=WAPT-TV|date=2024-05-03|access-date=2024-08-29}}</ref>

==Feeder pattern== The following schools fed into Wingfield High School, prior to its closure.<ref>{{cite web |title=School Directory / School Feeder Patterns |url=https://www.jackson.k12.ms.us/Page/2458 |website=jackson.k12.ms.us |accessdate=June 19, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

*'''Middle Schools''' **Peeples Middle School **Whitten Middle School *'''Elementary Schools''' **Key Elementary School **Lester Elementary School **Marshall Elementary School **Sykes Elementary School **Wilkins Elementary School

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==External links== *{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/*/https://www.jackson.k12.ms.us/wingfield|title=Wingfield High School}}

Category:Public high schools in Mississippi Category:Schools in Jackson, Mississippi Category:1966 establishments in Mississippi Category:Educational institutions established in 1966 Category:2024 disestablishments in Mississippi Category:Educational institutions disestablished in 2024 Category:Former high schools in Mississippi Category:Defunct public high schools in the United States