Blackfoot High School

Blackfoot High School is a four-year public secondary school located in Blackfoot, Idaho,^[2] the only traditional high school in the Blackfoot School District #55 in south central Bingham County.^[5]

Blackfoot High School
870 South Fisher Avenue Blackfoot , Idaho 83221 United States
Information
Type	Public[1]
Motto	Learn, Achieve, Succeed
Established	1894
School district	Blackfoot S.D. (#55)
Principal	Roger Thomas[2]
Grades	9–12 [1]
Enrollment	1,243 (2023–2024)[3]
Color(s)	Kelly green, white[4]
Athletics	IHSAA Class 4A[4]
Athletics conference	Great Basin (East)
Mascot	Bronco[4]
Rival	Snake River High School (traditional)
Newspaper	The BroncWriter
Yearbook	Bronco
Feeder schools	Mountain View Middle School
Website	www.blackfoothigh.org

History

Founded in the early 1890s,^[6] 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.^{[citation needed]} The school, sitting adjacent to Stoddard Elementary, has full athletic grounds and a fine arts wing.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2012, Blackfoot High School announced it would offer Shoshoni language classes.^[7]

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,^[8] 2011,^[9] 2012^[10][11] (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 ^[12] (introduced in 1964)
• Soccer (1): fall (4A) 2011 ^[13](introduced in 2000)
• Basketball (1): (A, now 5A) 1939 ^[14]
• Wrestling (4): (A-1, now 5A) 1999, 2000; (4A) 2007, 2008 ^[15] (introduced in 1958)
• Baseball (1): (4A) 2015 ^[16] (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