Broad Street High School

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]

For the high school temporarily serving students from Greenwood, see Greenwood High School (Mississippi).

Broad Street High School
Address
1305 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard

Shelby
,
Bolivar County
,
Mississippi
38774

United States
Coordinates33.9457°N 90.7622°W / 33.9457; -90.7622
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtNorth Bolivar Consolidated School District (2014-2018)
North Bolivar School District (-2014)
Staff27.46 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Enrollment358[1] (2018-19)
Student to teacher ratio13.04[1]
Color(s)Blue and Gold    
Team nameJaguars
WebsiteBroad Street High School

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]

References
  1. "NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 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. ""School District Consolidation in Mississippi" (PDF). Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. p. 2 (PDF p. 3/6). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 2, 2017.
  4. Davis Betz, Kelsey (January 24, 2018). "Mound Bayou school one of two in Delta to close as enrollment, funds dwindle". Mississippi Today. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  5. "Students staying home to protest high school consolidation". The Clarion Ledger. Associated Press. August 23, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  6. Skinner, Kayleigh (October 28, 2019). "State education board to decide on the 'ridiculous,' 'ludicrous' rule hurting a Delta school district". Mississippi Today. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
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