Bernalillo High School

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Bernalillo High School
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Bernalillo High School
250 Isidro Sanchez Road.

87004

United States
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School type Public, high school
MottoExcellence is the Standard
Founded1952
School district Bernalillo Public Schools
PrincipalAlyssa Sanchez-Padilla [1]
Staff50.96 (FTE) [2]
Enrollment813 (2018–19) [2]
Student to teacher ratio15.95 [2]
CampusSuburban
Color(s) Red & Silver   
Athletics conferenceNMAA - 2AAAA League
MascotSpartan
Team nameSpartans
Website https://www.bernalillo-schools.org/o/bhs

Bernalillo High School is a public high school in Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States. The school is a part of the Bernalillo Public Schools district and is the only high school in the district. The mascot is the Spartan.

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Service area

The service area of its school district, and therefore the high school itself, includes most of Bernalillo as well as Algodones, Cochiti, Cochiti Lake, La Madera, Peña Blanca, Placitas, Pueblo of Sandia Village, San Felipe Pueblo, Santo Domingo Pueblo, and most of Santa Ana Pueblo. [3]

Athletics

Bernalillo High School competes in the District 2-AAAA.

In 2023, the high school posthumously honored Benny Shendo Sr. who won the state mile with a time of 4.44 (for all schools, regardless of size) in 1953, becoming the first state champion for Bernalillo High, with an honorary diploma. (The spring after his championship, Benny's grandfather died, requiring Benny to leave school to help run the family farm. He was then drafted to serve in the Korean War and never finished his diploma.) [4]

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References

  1. "Staff Bernalillo High School" . Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  2. 1 2 3 "BERNALILLO HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  3. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sandoval County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  4. "First State Champion in BHS History" by JoAnn Beuerle, Bernalillo Public Schools. May 22, 2023. Accessed May 30, 2023.

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