Bluefield High School

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Bluefield High School
Location
Bluefield High School
535 West Cumberland Road

Bluefield
,
West Virginia
24701
Coordinates 37°14′55″N81°13′04″W / 37.24867°N 81.21783°W / 37.24867; -81.21783
Information
School typeAA
Motto"We Believe"
Founded1903
School board Mercer County Public Schools
SuperintendentDeborah Dale Akers
School number5100
AdministratorSabrina Morrison
PrincipalMichael Collins
Staff35.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment639 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio18.26 [1]
Language English
ColorsMaroon and white    [2]
Mascot Beaver
Team nameBluefield Beavers
Website http://bhs.merc.k12.wv.us/

Bluefield High School (BHS) is a public secondary school in Bluefield, West Virginia, United States. It is part of Mercer County Public Schools and is located at 535 West Cumberland Road. As of the 2018-2019 school year, enrollment was 609 students.

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The school built a new library in 1998, which was later named after longtime librarian Mary Chmara.[ citation needed ]

History

Originally Beaver High School, named for the Beaver Pond District and the future mascot, the downtown high school was established in 1903, in the fast-developing Bluefield, West Virginia. Its first graduate was in 1907, Mary Aaron. The first class, composed of ten students, graduated in 1910. The current Bluefield High School was built on West Cumberland Road and opened to students in the fall of 1957. The former Beaver High School building served as Central Junior High School for several decades. BHS, the home of the Beavers, is the oldest high school building in Mercer County.

Athletics

State Championships

Listed below are all championships won by Bluefield High School. [3]

State Championship(s)State Runner-Ups
SportYear(s)Year(s)
Boys Basketball1995 (AA), 1996 (AA), 2013 (AA), 2014 (AA)1997 (AA), 1999 (AA), 2006 (AA), 2012 (AA), 2022 (AA), 2024 (AA)
Girls Basketball1921, 1922, 2017 (AA)
Bowling1992
Football1959 (AAA), 1962 (AAA), 1965 (AAA), 1967 (AAA), 1975 (AAA), 1984 (AAA), 1997 (AA), 2004 (AA), 2007 (AA), 2009 (AA), 2017 (AA)1995 (AA), 1999 (AA), 2002 (AA), 2003 (AA), 2005 (AA), 2018 (AA), 2019 (AA), 2025 (AA)
Golf1996 (AA/A), 1997 (AA/A)1982, 1995 (AA/A)
Girls Swim1999
Boys Tennis1998 (AA/A), 2000 (AA/A), 2001 (AA/A), 2002 (AA/A)
Girls Tennis2007 (AA/A)

From 1959 to 2017, the Bluefield High School football team had a winning percentage of .728. [4]

The classic Beaver/Graham football game is the biggest event each year for the two Bluefields. This game between cross-city rivals Bluefield High School and Graham High School is held at Mitchell Stadium. In 1991, the two schools were featured on the ESPN show Scholastic Sports America for having one of the largest high school football rivalries on the East Coast.[ citation needed ] The Beavers hold a winning record over Graham in the series, 62-24-2.[ citation needed ]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "BLUEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Bluefield High School". West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  3. ↑ "West Virginia - State Champion History". West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  4. ↑ Hypes, Larry (March 19, 2021). "Beavers honored with new black Jordan football uniforms". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Bluefield.
  5. ↑ "John F. Nash Jr. Biographical". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Marshall Athletics Hall of Fame Class Announced". WV MetroNews. May 25, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Roy "Legs" Hawley (2011) - Marshall Athletics Hall of Fame". Marshall University Athletics. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
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