Circa 1999 the school could not find a librarian willing to move to Marks to staff the library, reflecting the general dearth of teachers in the Mississippi Delta.

The court gave permission, and a group of parents sued for an injunction to prevent the closing.

[6] By 1975, the majority of African-American students in Quitman County were attending public schools, which had earlier been segregated.

But the majority of white students had been moved into newly established private academies.

[7] This situation has continued; in 2007 the Mississippi Department of Education found that the students in the district were 97.92% African American, 1.81% White, and 0.27% Hispanic.