Scooba is a town in Kemper County, Mississippi, United States.

By the early 1900s, Scooba had several residential homes, a hotel, a livery barn, a post office, two saw milling plants, a cotton gin, a general store, five churches (three white and two colored), a school, and a bank (the Bank of Kemper, established in 1904).

[4] In late December 1906, Scooba and Wahalak, Mississippi, were the sites of white rioting against blacks.

In the various conflicts, which started with confrontations between passengers and conductors on the railroad, a total of 12 blacks and two whites were killed by December 26.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), all land.

[7] As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 744 people, 191 households, and 107 families residing in the town.

[7] EMCC was featured on the Netflix documentary Last Chance U, which chronicled their 2015 and 2016 football seasons.