The district covers all areas of Rankin County except for those in the Pearl city limits.
[4] The district's boundary includes, in addition to Brandon, the communities of Florence, Flowood, Pelahatchie, Puckett, Richland, Sandhill, and Star.
The case settled, but in 2014 the RCSD violated the settlement by inviting a Methodist preacher to lead a prayer during a District wide awards ceremony.
Judge Carlton Reeves of Mississippi's Southern District ruled in favor of the Plaintiff in 2015.
[6] In 2014 board president Cecil McCrory, a former member of the Mississippi Legislature, resigned from his position prior to a federal indictment for corruption activities,[7] involving private prison contracts with the Mississippi Department of Corrections.