Broad Street High School was a public high school in

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. It is a part of the

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(formerly the North Bolivar School District). The school served the towns of Shelby,

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, and

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. Its school district, the North Bolivar School District, consolidated in 2014. In January 2018 the school had 15 empty classrooms. In 2018 the school closed with Northside High School, on the former Broad Street campus, replacing it. Even though John F. Kennedy Memorial High School in

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had lower maintenance costs than Broad Street, the board kept the Broad Street campus opened as it had more space. Kelsey Davis Betz of ''

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'' wrote that the Broad Street pupils "seemed generally accepting of the decision."

Performance

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

References

External links

Broad Street High School
* - North Bolivar School District Schools in Bolivar County, Mississippi Public high schools in Mississippi {{Mississippi-school-stub