Buffalo High School (Buffalo, Minnesota)
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Buffalo, Minnesota United States of America |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1997 Current Building |
| Principal | Mark Mischke |
| Number of students | 2,006 |
| • Grade 9 | 515 (Class of 2021) |
| • Grade 10 | 490 (Class of 2020) |
| • Grade 11 | 542 (Class of 2019) |
| • Grade 12 | 459 (Class of 2018) |
| Athletics conference | Mississippi 8 |
| Mascot | Bison |
| Rival | St. Michael-Albertville High School |
| Colors | Purple, White, and Black |
| Website | Buffalo High School Main Page |
Buffalo High School is located in Buffalo, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States off the intersection of County Road 35 and Dague Avenue There are three communities contributing students, Buffalo, Minnesota, Hanover, Minnesota, and Montrose, Minnesota, that has helped BHS grow into a large school of 2,006 students (Senior Class: 459) (Junior Class: 542) (Sophomore Class: 490) (Freshmen Class: 515) according to the 2017-2018 school year, with a staff of approximately 375.
Like many other high schools in the area, Buffalo High School (BHS) has moved from building to building as enrollment figures have grown. Education in the Buffalo area started in what is now the local theater. As time went on, what is now the Discovery Elementary School became the high school. Enrollment again took a rise and the 1970s, the school was moved to a new building off Highway 25. Suburbanization eventually impacted Buffalo, and in 1994 a referendum for a new school east of town was approved. It was not until 1997 that the new building opened. With the opening, the previous high school building became the Buffalo Community Middle School (BCMS). The former middle school building became Discovery Elementary, which also now houses the District 877 administration offices.
BHS offers many courses for students to choose from. 150 total classes are offered, 5 of which are AP classes. The school day begins at 8:50 and ends at 3:25, using a block schedule of four class periods.
Construction for the current building began in 1995 and finished in the winter of 1997. BHS was the newest high school in the county until Monticello High School was built and finished in 1999, and STMA completed their new high school in 2009. A 2014 bond issue elected to build a new 3,500 capacity Football Field, 1 new Track, and 3 new Practice Fields, they will all be in use starting in the 2016-17 school year. The bond issue also passed an expansion to the Performing Arts Center, multiple new Classrooms, and a new Gymnasium.
The 1,000 seat Performing Arts Center is used for a wide use of high school and community based performances.
Finished in the beginning of 2006 the field house is the largest of its kind in Minnesota, offering an indoor track (7.3 laps = 1 mile), 36 basketball hoops, 8 retractable curtain walls, retractable baseball pitching nets, batting cages, and 6 retractable tennis nets.
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