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Blackfoot High School
Blackfoot High School Broncos athletic logo.jpg
Location
870 South Fisher Avenue

,
Idaho 83221

United States
Information
Type Public
Motto Learn, Achieve, Succeed
Established 1894
School district Blackfoot S.D. (#55)
Principal Roger Thomas
Faculty 60.26 (FTE)
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 1,147 (2018–19)
Student to teacher ratio 19.03
Color(s) Kelly green, white
         
Athletics IHSAA Class 4A
Athletics conference Great Basin (East)
Mascot Bronco
Rival Snake River High School (traditional)
Newspaper The BroncWriter
Yearbook Bronco
Feeder schools Mountain View
Middle School

Blackfoot High School is a four-year public secondary school located in Blackfoot, Idaho, the only traditional high school in the Blackfoot School District #55 in south central Bingham County.

History

Founded in the early 1890s, the current BHS building was built in the 1950s. It was given a new science wing in the mid-1990s and in the early 2000s, a new auditorium and gymnasium. The school, sitting adjacent to Stoddard Elementary, has full athletic grounds and a fine arts wing.

In July 2012, Blackfoot High School announced it would offer Shoshoni language classes.

Athletics

Blackfoot competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 4A, the second-highest classification in the state. It is a member of the High Country Conference (4A) with Rigby and Bonneville. The 2012 football team successfully defended its 4A state title, the Broncos' third in four years.

State titles

Boys

  • Football (4): fall (4A) 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012 (official with introduction of A-1 playoffs in fall 1979, A-2 in 1978)
    • (unofficial poll titles - 0) (poll introduced in 1963, through 1978)
  • Cross Country (4): fall (A, now 5A) 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 (introduced in 1964)
  • Soccer (1): fall (4A) 2011 (introduced in 2000)
  • Basketball (1): (A, now 5A) 1939
  • Wrestling (4): (A-1, now 5A) 1999, 2000; (4A) 2007, 2008 (introduced in 1958)
  • Baseball (1): (4A) 2015 (records not kept by IHSAA)

Notable people

  • Marion Jones Callister, attorney and federal judge
  • David Cannon, member of the Idaho House of Representatives
  • Josh Hill, NFL player
  • Dustin Manwaring, member of the Idaho House of Representatives
  • Luke Nelson, ski mountaineer
  • Mike Simpson, congressman
  • Jeremy Warner, comedian and filmmaker
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