by the Constitution. They come within the definition of "schools of a higher grade".
`Section 161, c. 283, Laws of 1924 (section 8817, Hemingway's Code), the School Code, provides as follows: "Every parent, guardian or other person in the State of Mississippi having control or charge of any child or children between the ages of seven and sixteen years of age inclusive, shall be required to send such child or children to public day school or to a private denominational or parochial day school taught by a competent instructor, and such child or children shall attend school for at least eighty days (80) during each and every scholastic year; provided that the period of compulsory attendance for each school shall commence at the beginning of the school, unless otherwiseare over six years of age and not over twenty-one. Such persons are entitled to admission as a matter of law.
"Article 2904 authorizes school districts to admit persons under six and over 21 to school and to provide the conditions for their admission. It then provides that as to such persons as are found to be incorrigible, the trustees may suspend such persons but such suspension shall not extend beyond the current term.
"The effect of those statutes when construed together is to require a school district to admit persons over six years of age and under 21 years of age provided they, their parents or guardian reside in the district. The school district is therefore without legal power to adopt the rule involved in this case.
"This holding does