Northside High School

Located at 1305 MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE, in SHELBY, Mississippi, Northside High School is a modestly sized secondary school that instructs 370 students (grades 7 through 12), part of North Bolivar Consolidated. Compared to the state average of about 651 students per school, that is 43% smaller than typical.

North Bolivar Consolidated comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 749 students; Northside High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Northside High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (92%). Beyond that, the school lists 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Northside High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bolivar County) records that median household income runs about $39,585, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 27%. Northside High School is one of 19 public schools in Bolivar County (combined enrollment of about 4,415 students).

The closest other public school is I. T. Montgomery Elementary School, roughly 5.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northside High School has edged up 131%, going from 160 students in 2018 to 370 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 98% to 92%.

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