J.J. McClain High School


Jacob Joshua McClain High School was a junior and senior high school in unincorporated Holmes County, Mississippi, United States, about south of Lexington. It is operated by the Holmes County School District. Its campus is presently used by Holmes County Central High School.
As of circa 2006 it had 842 students. It was named after one of its former principals.

History

Originally named the Lexington Attendance Center, it opened in 1959. It was, at the time, an all-black school. It was renamed in 1985.
In 2015 the high school sectors of McClain, S.V. Marshall High School, and Williams-Sullivan High School consolidated into Holmes County Central High School.

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