Boyd-Buchanan School
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Chattanooga, Tennessee United States |
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| Type | Suburban, Private school, Independent School |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Christian |
| Established | 1952 |
| CEEB code | 430276 |
| Faculty | 98 |
| Enrollment | 850 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 1:12 |
| Campus | 4650 Buccaneer Trail, Chattanooga, TN 37411 |
| Color(s) | Blue & Gold |
| Athletics conference | TSSAA IA |
| Mascot | Buccaneer |
| Website | www.bbschool.org |
Boyd-Buchanan School is a co-educational private Christian school located near the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Founded in 1952, the school is a college-preparatory school for children in Pre-Kindergarten through grade 12. Currently, the school has more than 900 students enrolled. The school has a particularly strong affiliation with the distinctive religious beliefs of the Churches of Christ.
Boyd-Buchanan was founded in 1952 as the Chattanooga Bible School. It had been planned for almost a decade before the resources and students were available to start it. When the school opened on September 4, 1952 on Vine Street in downtown Chattanooga, it charged $3 per week as the fee for attendance and had 130 children in grades first through sixth.
In the summer of 1959, the school's board of directors changed the school name from the Chattanooga Bible School to Boyd-Buchanan as way to emphasize that the education the children received was not just about the Bible; their education included everything they needed to prepare them for further education and life in general after they left the school.
The school moved to its current campus off of Moore Road in the fall of 1961. By 1978, Boyd-Buchanan had extended its education program from prekindergarten-12th grade. The high school building was constructed in 1999-–which relieved some of the extreme crowding in other facilities, and the new fieldhouse was finished in time for the fall of 2006.
Boyd Buchanan school is accredited by both the Tennessee Association of Independent Schools and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The school is primarily based around college preparation and provides the necessary credits and coursework to fulfill the entrance requirements for a university. In addition to providing these classes, Boyd-Buchanan also offers a wide range of Accelerated, Honors, and Advanced Placement Classes.
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