Blooming Prairie High School | |
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Location | |
202 4th Avenue Northwest Blooming Prairie MN 55917 | |
Coordinates | 43°52′05″N93°03′50″W / 43.8680182°N 93.0638099°W [1] |
Information | |
Type | Public |
Established | 1868 |
School district | Blooming Prairie Schools #756 |
Principal | John Worke |
Staff | 22.12 (FTE) [3] |
Grades | 7-12 |
Enrollment | 306 (2017-18) [3] |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.83 [3] |
Color(s) | Black, white and silver [4] |
Nickname | Awesome Blossoms [4] |
Website | http://www.blossoms.k12.mn.us/BLOSSOMSK12MN/ |
Blooming Prairie High School is a Public school located in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota. The high school teaches students in grades 7-12, and has a student body of approximately 350, with a student-teacher ratio of 12:1. [5]
The Blooming Prairie Public School System consists of Blooming Prairie Elementary School and Blooming Prairie High School. The school district consists of a combined student body of approximately 950, with a student-teacher ratio of 14:1. [6] The Minnesota state average is a 16:1.
The High School has a comprehensive, year-round, gender-balanced sports program. This includes football, volleyball, cheerleading, and cross-country in the Fall; wrestling and both boys' and girls' basketball in the Winter; and softball (for girls), baseball (for boys), boys' and girls' golf, and boys' and girls' track teams in the Spring. [7] The Blooming Prairie football team was the 2010 conference champion. They also were State champs in 2019. [7]
Blooming Prairie High showed its school spirit in March 2011 when it showed support for Jordan Ressler, a junior who died in a motor vehicle accident in November 2010, by displaying the University of Texas logo in a human form and by wearing the distinctive orange clothing of the team he loved. [8]
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