Beavercreek High School is a public high school in Beavercreek, Ohio. The high school is part of Beavercreek City School District. The high school has an enrollment of more than 2,300 students. The high school campus consists of Ferguson Hall, a free-standing building that houses the ninth-grade students, and the main building, which accommodates the remaining grades (10–12). The principal is Dale Wren for the 2024–2025 school year and the school's mascot is the Battling Beaver.[5]
Beavercreek High School offers eleven Advanced Placement (AP) classes to students, in addition to many Honors and Scholarship courses which award additional points to the compiled grade point average (GPA) of each student.[5]
History
The first high school in Beavercreek Township was built in 1888 at the southwest corner of Factory Road and Dayton-Xenia Road, the present site of Ritters Frozen Custard. Recognized as the second high school in the state of Ohio, the initial enrollment was 20 pupils. Freshmen and sophomores occupied the south room, while juniors and seniors attended class in the north room. Two additional rooms were added in 1914 to accommodate increasing enrollment.[6]
In 1932, the township's entire school system was consolidated into a newly constructed school at the corner of Hanes Road and Dayton-Xenia Road as a result of the increasing demands from both enrollment and the State Board of Education. The school later became known as Main Elementary School after a new high school opened in 1954 at its present location on Dayton-Xenia Rd. The original high school was used as an apartment residence for several years, but later changed hands among several businesses in the area including Marshall Brothers and the Mead paper company. Its last known usage was as a restaurant known as LaMachey's; however, the building was torn down after the restaurant caught fire.[6]
On January 3, 1964, a U.S. Air Force B-57 bomber narrowly missed crashing into the school building, after the pilot was forced to eject while en route to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton. The largest section of the wreckage landed within a few feet of the school; Principal Roger Sweet told reporters afterward, "We were just real, real fortunate."[7]
Beavercreek's school system was redistricted several times since the 1970s, changing the high school back and forth between a three-year system and four-year system. The latest change occurred in 2013 with the opening of Trebein Elementary and Jacob Coy Middle School, both schools operating in one building. Ferguson Middle School became Ferguson Hall for ninth graders as part of a campus formation with Beavercreek High School. Following the relocation of ninth graders, the high school became a three-year system housing grades 10–12.[8]
The school's girls basketball team averaged over 18 wins per season under coach Ed Zink's 36-year tenure. On February 10, 2011, Zink became the first girls high school basketball coach in state history to reach 658 wins.[10]
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
The high school's Speech and Debate team earned five of the thirteen award positions, the most of any school in competition, in the regional national qualifiers for Student Congress in 2010.[14]
Accomplishments
The school's Science Bowl team competed in the 2006 National Science Bowl, and qualified again in 2007.[15] It also qualified for the National Science Bowl in 2000 and 2004.
The school's National History Bowl team won the 2017 Junior Varsity National Championships,[16] as well as the 2019 Varsity National Championships.[17]
The school's Quiz Bowl team won the NAQT 2019 High School National Championship Tournament [18]
Track renovation
Because of a deteriorating track, 1.3 million dollars was spent by Miami Valley Hospital to renovate it. The new track includes an all-season surface. The grass football field was also replaced with artificial turf.
Another benefit is that the athletes will be able to use athletic-related services from the hospital. The new facility was named Frank Zink Field at Miami Valley Hospital Stadium, which is a slight change from the previous name, "Frank Zink Field."[19]
Relocation Proposals
Several proposed levies to fund the construction of a new high school in the district have been rejected by voters over the years, with the most recent rejection occurring on May 6, 2025. The most recent levy, if approved, would have increased property taxes to finance the construction of the new high school. Under the proposal, the existing high school would have been repurposed as a middle school for grades 6–8, and high school students would have been relocated to the new facility upon its completion.[20]
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