East Webster High School is in Maben, Mississippi.

Its test scores were above the state average in reading and math.

[6] In 1990, the Clarion-Ledger reported that a white teacher was suspended for five days for slapping a black student.

[7] In 2007, a similar incident occurred where a former principal was put on trial for paddling a student too severely.

The property of Pearl River Community College served as a temporary home for the students while the school was being rebuilt.