Bolton High School

Bolton High School is a high school located in unincorporated Shelby County, Tennessee that is part of the Shelby County school system, which will soon be referred to as the Unified School System. Bolton High School is located northwest of the city of Arlington. The student body makeup is 51 percent male and 49 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 52 percent.HistoryThe current Bolton High School campus exists on the former Hoboken Plantation, owned by Wade H. Bolton. The prominent land owner set aside 1200acre for the founding of an agricultural college prior to his murder in 1869. Bolton operated as an agricultural college and teacher's preparatory school from 1887 to 1911, when it became part of the Shelby County School system. By 1925, Bolton had been designated as a secondary school and has remained a part of the Shelby County school system ever since. Today, BHS serves over 2,000 students from Bartlett, Arlington, Lakeland, Millington and other unincorporated parts of Memphis. Bolton High School is one of the only two public schools in Tennessee with its own endowment.Curriculum and activitiesAt Bolton High School, there is a wide variety of classes, athletics, extracurricular clubs, and other programs to be involved in. Bolton is one of only a few schools in the area with multiple vocational classes, as well as several different types of advanced classes. Bolton offers over fifty different extracurricular activities, including sports, musical programs, volunteer clubs, and more.AcademicsAt Bolton High School, students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement coursework and exams, including subjects such as English, math, and history, which can give a student college credit, depending on the score of the final exam in the class. The AP participation rate at Bolton High School is around nineteen percent. Dual Enrollment classes, which can give students college credit through maintaining a passing grade (final exam does not affect college credit), are also offered. However there are currently only English and math Dual Enrollment classes. Bolton also offers a number of honors classes.