Bolton High School

Bolton High School is a public high school (grades 9–12) located in unincorporated Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, that is a part of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools district. Bolton High School is located northwest of the town of Arlington. The student body makeup is 50 percent male and 50 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 86 percent. History The current Bolton High School campus exists on the former Hoboken Plantation, owned by Wade H. Bolton. Bolton, who earned much of his fortune as an owner of Bolton, Dickens & Co., one of the largest slave trading firms in the South, set aside for the founding of an agricultural college prior to his murder in 1869. Today, BHS serves around 700 students from all over Shelby County, and even from outside the county. Curriculum and activities At 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. Academics At 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.