Blackford High School (Indiana)

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Blackford Junior-Senior High School
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Blackford High School (Indiana)
2392 North State Road 3

Hartford City
,
Indiana
47348

United States
Coordinates 40°29′06″N85°22′17″W / 40.48500°N 85.37139°W / 40.48500; -85.37139
Information
Type Public high school
MottoNulli Secundus
(Second to None)
Established1969
PrincipalJason Ridge
Teaching staff50.50 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment715 (2023–2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio14.16 [1]
Color(s)   
Nickname Bruins
Website bhs.bcs.k12.in.us
[2]

Blackford Junior-Senior High School is a public high school in Hartford City, Indiana which includes grades 7 through 12. It is part of the Blackford County School District, and is the sole public high school serving all of Blackford County. Like the county, Blackford High School is named after Isaac Blackford.

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History

Blackford High School opened in the fall of 1969, [3] replacing the former Hartford City High School and Montpelier High School. Blackford High School's team colors are red, white, and black. These colors were selected from the high schools that used to exist in the county. Red came from the Roll Red Rollers. White came from the Montpelier Spartans. Black came from the Hartford City Airedales.

Athletics

The football team won the state championship in 1974 and 1979. [4]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Blackford Jr-Sr High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  2. ↑ "IDOE: Compass". in.gov. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ Suite, John (March 30, 2004). "Board divides proposed recreation paths into phases". The News-Times [Hartford City]. Retrieved March 26, 2007.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "IHSAA State Championships by School" (PDF). ihsaa.org. July 11, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  5. ↑ NASA Astronaut Bio. Retrieved on 2007-03-26.
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