Buffalo Grove High School
| Buffalo Grove High School | |
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1100 W. Dundee Rd. Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089 United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°08′26″N 87°58′58″W / 42.1405°N 87.9829°W |
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| School type | public secondary |
| Opened | 1973 |
| School district | Twp. H.S. District 214 |
| Superintendent | Dr. David Schuler |
| Principal | Jeff Wardle |
| Faculty | 149 certified staff members |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Enrollment | 2,161 |
| Average class size | 22.9 |
| Campus | suburban |
| School color(s) |
navy blue burnt orange white |
| Athletics conference | Mid-Suburban League |
| Mascot | Bison |
| Average ACT scores | 23.3 |
| Newspaper | The Charger |
| Yearbook | Stampede |
| Website | http://bghs.d214.org/ |
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Buffalo Grove High School (BGHS) is a public high school located in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago. It is one of six four-year comprehensive high schools in Township High School District 214, serving portions of the villages of Buffalo Grove, Arlington Heights and Wheeling.
Buffalo Grove opened in 1973, drawing students and staff from Wheeling and John Hersey High Schools.
Dr. Clarence M. "Chick" Miller, formerly assistant principal at Wheeling High School, was named the school's first principal.
On March 12, 1976, President Gerald Ford, during his campaign against former California Governor Ronald Reagan, made a March primary appearance in the gymnasium of Buffalo Grove High School.
In 2003, new classrooms, a foyer, and offices opened as part of a six-million dollar new development. The "circle drive" on the west side of the school was greatly reduced in size to make room for the new classrooms and foyer. The new classrooms included new science labs and special-ed facilities. Additionally, room was made in old storage space on the second floor of the south side of the building for new foreign-language classrooms.
On August 27, 2004, the Bison hosted their first Friday night game under new lights at Bison Stadium. They were the final team in the Mid-Suburban League to switch from Saturday afternoons to Friday night games.
In the 2013-14 school year, a brand new eleven-million dollar swimming facility was put in.
Buffalo Grove High School won a 1999–2000 Blue Ribbon Award for Excellence, presented by the United States Department of Education.
In 2008, the average ACT score was 23.3, and 95.5% of the class of 2008 graduated on time. BGHS failed to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) according to the federal No Child Left Behind Act because of scores below the minimum target on the Prairie State Achievement Examination and ACT in two student subgroups.
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