Lumberton Public School District

Governor of Mississippi Phil Bryant signed Senate Bill 2500, which required this district to consolidate, in 2016. As per the bill, the Commission on the Administrative Consolidation of the Lumberton Public School District was created. This move was praised by the superintendent of the Lumberton district, Linda Smith. Initially the Lumberton district, as per the senate bill, where the entirety of the students living in the Lumberton district, including those in both counties, Pearl River County Supervisor Hudson Holliday states that if the Lamar County district later closes Lumberton High School, several Pearl River County students would be assigned to Purvis High School even though Poplarville High School is geographically closer to them. ==Schools==

• Lumberton High School (Grades 9–12) • Lumberton Elementary & Middle School (Grades K-8) ==Demographics==

2006-07 school year There were a total of 869 students enrolled in the Lumberton Public School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 48% female and 52% male. The racial makeup of the district was 44.07% African American, 55.58% White, and 0.35% Hispanic. 76.5% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch. Previous school years ==Accountability statistics==