It is a part of the West Bolivar Consolidated School District.

[7] At one point the condition of the Shaw High building, at 214 Dean Boulevard,[8] deteriorated to the point where the high school moved in with McEvans Elementary School.

Shaw High had green and gold as its colors with a hawk mascot while McEvans Elementary had gold, maroon, and white as colors with a hawk mascot.

The school board normally would have asked for more student participation but the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississippi dampened this.

The board chose gold, maroon, and white as colors and a warrior mascot.