Bayshore Christian School is a

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in central

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, United States, providing education for children from pre-kindergarten to grade 12. The school was founded as a middle school in 1971 as a

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when the court ordered racial integration of public schools required white middle school children to be bused to formerly black schools. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the school reported a diversity rate of approximately 40% during the 2017–2018 school year. As of 2012, the school served 226 students, 62 of whom were at the high school level. The student-teacher ratio was 11.6.

History

In a 1992 interview, principal Herman Valdes acknowledged the school was established in response to

desegregation bussing Race-integration busing in the United States (also known simply as busing, Integrated busing or by its critics as forced busing) was the practice of assigning and transporting students to schools within or outside their local school districts in ...

Athletics

Bayshore Christian has won

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state championships in volleyball four times.

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