Broad Street High School Explained

Broad Street High School
Type:Public high school
District:North Bolivar Consolidated School District (2014-2018)
North Bolivar School District (-2014)
Streetaddress:1305 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
City:Shelby
County:Bolivar County
State:Mississippi
Zipcode:38774
Country:United States
Coordinates:33.9457°N -90.7622°W
Pushpin Map:Mississippi#USA
Enrollment:358[1]
Enrollment As Of:2018-19
Staff:27.46
Ratio:13.04
Team Name:Jaguars
Colors:Blue and Gold

Broad Street High School was a public high school in Shelby, Mississippi. It is a part of the North Bolivar Consolidated School District (formerly the North Bolivar School District). The school served the towns of Shelby, Duncan, and Alligator.[2]

Its school district, the North Bolivar School District, consolidated in 2014.[3] In January 2018, the school had 15 empty classrooms.[4]

In 2018, the school closed with Northside High School, on the former Broad Street campus, replacing it.[5] Even though John F. Kennedy Memorial High School in Mound Bayou had lower maintenance costs than Broad Street, the board kept the Broad Street campus opened as it had more space. Kelsey Davis Betz of Mississippi Today wrote that the Broad Street pupils "seemed generally accepting of the decision."[4]

Performance

For the 2017–2018 school year its graduation rate was 77.5%.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL. National Center for Education Statistics. January 20, 2021.
  2. "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Bolivar County, MS." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 25, 2018. Note that the map is from 2010; the Mound Bayou and North Bolivar districts merged in 2014. This map shows Alligator, Duncan, and Shelby were in the pre-merger North Bolivar district.
  3. "Web site: School District Consolidation in Mississippi. https://web.archive.org/web/20170702083623/https://mpe.org/mpe/documents/Consolidation.Final.pdf . 2017-07-02. Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. 2 (PDF p. 3/6).
  4. Web site: Davis Betz. Kelsey. Mound Bayou school one of two in Delta to close as enrollment, funds dwindle. Mississippi Today. January 24, 2018. May 12, 2021.
  5. Web site: Students staying home to protest high school consolidation. Associated Press. The Clarion Ledger. August 23, 2018. May 12, 2021.
  6. Web site: Skinner. Kayleigh. State education board to decide on the ‘ridiculous,’ ‘ludicrous’ rule hurting a Delta school district. Mississippi Today. October 28, 2019. May 12, 2021.