East Mississippi Community College (EMCC), also known as East Mississippi Junior College, is a community college system in Mississippi with its headquarters in the Thomas L. Davis, Jr. Administration Building in the Scooba Campus in Scooba. EMCC serves and is supported by Clay, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Noxubee and Oktibbeha counties in east central Mississippi. The system has two principal campuses and offers courses at three other locations. EMCC offers a broad range of academic and technical programs, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award the Associate of Applied Science degree and the Associate of Arts degree. It is one of fifteen community colleges in Mississippi. Kemper County Agricultural High School opened in 1912. Stemming from the high school, the community college system was organized in 1927. The Scooba Campus is in Scooba, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the town's central business district. The 25-acre (10 ha) main campus houses the Thomas L. Davis, Jr. Administration Building, which houses the administrative offices of the entire community college system and of the Scooba Campus.