West Bolivar High School

West Bolivar High School, a rural-scale high school in ROSEDALE, Mississippi, overseen by West Bolivar Consolidated School District, instructs 227 students, covering grades 7 through 12. That puts it 65% smaller than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 651 students.

West Bolivar Consolidated School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 873 students; West Bolivar High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, West Bolivar High School shows that nearly all students (91%) are Black. The remainder looks like 6% multiracial. By comparison, Bolivar County as a whole is about 63% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, West Bolivar High School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, West Bolivar High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.8%, the actual is 36.9%, a residual of -10.9 points.

In the area at large, Bolivar County reports that the typical household earns roughly $39,585 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 27%. Across Bolivar County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,415 students), West Bolivar High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: West Bolivar Elementary, around 0.1 miles off.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.