The Natchez Institute was a segregated K-12 public school "for whites-only" established in 1845 and closed in ?

[2][3] It was the first public, co-educational school in the city that offered a full course of classes.

[1] Local merchant, Alvarez Fisk (1784–1853) founded the Natchez Institute with a donation of land, buildings, and money.

[2] In the 1850s, Natchez Institute school enrolled kindergarten through 12th grade, and had as many as 750 students in attendance.

Because of unexpected high enrollment, more than half of the city‘s revenue was allotted for the school.