The North Bolivar Consolidated School District, formerly the North Bolivar School District is a public

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located in northern

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in the state of

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. It is headquartered in Mound Bayou with an office in Shelby. The school district serves the towns of Mound Bayou, Shelby,

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, Winstonville, and Duncan. The superintendent is Maurice Smith.

History

On July 1, 2014 the North Bolivar School District consolidated with the

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to form the North Bolivar Consolidated School District. The central office for this consolidated district is located in Mound Bayou. The two former districts were abolished with the resulting district a new one. As three of the five board members of the consolidated district were from the former Shelby-based North Bolivar school district, the representatives of that district had full control of the entire district. After the merger with North Bolivar perception of Mound Bayou district residents was that the state had interfered with a previously stable school district. The district's board voted to close two schools effective 2018, on a 3 to 2 basis: John F. Kennedy High School and Shelby Middle School, as the district overall had fewer students than before and because of a diminished financial situation. In August 2018 the

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finalized the closure of Kennedy.

Academic performance

For the 2018-2019 school year the State of Mississippi stated that the school district had an "F" accountability rating. The district argued that the state had factored in the graduation rates of the high schools even though the state stated that it would use the overall accountability rating of the district for those schools in the event of their consolidation.

Schools

Secondary school (grades 7-12): * Northside High School ( Shelby) Elementary schools: *Brooks Elementary School ( Duncan) *I.T. Montgomery Elementary School ( Mound Bayou) **It was named after

Isaiah Montgomery Isaiah Thornton Montgomery (May 21, 1847 – March 5, 1924) was founder of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, an all-black community. A Republican, he was a delegate to the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention and served as mayor of Mound Bayou. ...

, cofounder of Mound Bayou. ; Former schools *

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 ...

(Shelby) * John F. Kennedy Memorial High School ( Mound Bayou) * Shelby Middle School (Shelby)

Demographics

2008–09 school year

There were a total of 737 students enrolled in the pre-merger North Bolivar School District during the 2008–2009 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the district was 99.19% African American, 0.54% Hispanic and 0.27% White. Currently 100% of students are eligible to receive free or reduced lunch.

Previous school years

Accountability statistics

2002–2007

2008–2009

References

External links

* * (Former district) {{Education in Bolivar County, Mississippi Education in Bolivar County, Mississippi School districts in Mississippi School districts established in 2014