Branson Public Schools

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Branson Public Schools is a unified school district in Taney County, Missouri. The district includes that county's portion of Branson, the vast majority of that municipality, as well as Rockaway Beach, most of Merriam Woods, and the Taney County portion of Saddlebrooke. [1]

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The district has 4,789 students in grades PreK-12th grade, with a student-to-teacher ratio of 15:1 throughout the district. [2]

Branson High School

Branson High School
Location
Branson Public Schools
935 Buchanan Branson, MO 65616
Coordinates 36°41′49″N93°13′56″W / 36.69689635299859°N 93.23208618898298°W / 36.69689635299859; -93.23208618898298
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Motto“Empowering students to reach their maximum potential”
Established1974
NCES School ID290576000122 [3]
PrincipalJack Harris
Teaching staff89.10 (FTE) [3]
Grades9–12
Number of students1,439 (2023–2024) [3]
Student to teacher ratio16.15 [3]
Color(s)   Red and Black
Athletics conference Ozark Mountain Conference
MascotPirates [4]
RivalRepublic, Ozark, Harrison
PublicationPirate TV (News broadcast)
Yearbook“Buccaneer”
Feeder schoolsCedar Ridge Elementary, Buchanan Intermediate, Cedar Ridge Intermediate, Buchanan Elementary, Branson Jr. High School, Kirbyville Middle School
Website www.branson.k12.mo.us/schools/bhs

Branson High School is a public high school in Branson, Missouri. Its the only high school in the district. BHS is the 55th largest high school in Missouri by student enrollment. [5] Serving 1,448 [6] students, Branson High School is the largest high school in Taney County.

It is one of three high schools that takes students from Kirbyville R-VI School District (of Kirbyville). [7]

The Old Building

The current Branson High School was built in 2002, as a replacement to the old High School building, which is now used as the Branson Junior High, which teaches grades 7-8. The Junior High was built in 1974, and was the first building that was built for the district.

References

  1. ↑ Geography Division (January 12, 2021). "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Taney County, MO" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved August 1, 2025. - Text list
  2. ↑ "Branson R-IV School District (2022) | Branson, MO". www.publicschoolreview.com. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Branson High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Branson High School (MO)" . Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Branson High School". high-schools.com. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Explore Branson High School". Niche. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  7. ↑ "New Enrollments". Kirbyville R-VI School District . Retrieved August 2, 2025.
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