School district in Mississippi, United States

The North Bolivar Consolidated School District, formerly the North Bolivar School District is a public school district located in northern Bolivar County in the state of Mississippi. It is headquartered in Mound Bayou with an office in Shelby.

The school district serves the towns of Mound Bayou, Shelby, Alligator, Winstonville, and Duncan.

The superintendent as of October 2022[update] is Maurice Smith.

History

On July 1, 2014 the North Bolivar School District consolidated with the Mound Bayou Public School District 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 Mississippi Supreme Court 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):

Elementary schools:

Former schools

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