Around the time of racial integration, circa the 1960s, the district arranged attendance boundaries of elementary schools so de facto segregation would occur.
There had been plans to build a new consolidated Clarksdale-Coahoma County High School to serve all children in Coahoma County, plans were abandoned, even though the building was already constructed, because the officials wanted to maintain segregation in a de facto manner.
[3] In 2019, "the district remains classified as low performing, bouncing between D and F every year since 2013.
[citation needed] Former elementary schools:[5] Circa 2017, the district had about 3,200 students.
The racial makeup of the district was 94.34% African American, 4.75% White, 0.75% Asian, and 0.17% Hispanic.