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Berthoud High School

Coordinates: 40°17′56″N 105°5′11″W / 40.29889°N 105.08639°W / 40.29889; -105.08639
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Berthoud High School
Address
Map
850 Spartan Avenue

,
Colorado
80513

United States
Coordinates40°17′56″N 105°5′11″W / 40.29889°N 105.08639°W / 40.29889; -105.08639
Information
School typePublic high school
Established1921; 104 years ago (1921)
School districtThompson R2-J
CEEB code060095
NCES School ID080540000927[1]
PrincipalRoy Tripi[2]
Teaching staff35.83 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades912
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment698 (2023–24[1])
Student to teacher ratio19.48[1]
Campus typeSubrban, Large[1]
Color(s)Maroon and white
   
SloganOur Business is Kids!
Athletics conferenceCHSAA
MascotSpartan
Feeder schoolsTurner Middle School
Websitebhs.tsd.org

Berthoud High School is a public high school in Berthoud, Colorado. In 2014 the school was ranked 30th in the state, 1,271st in the nation, and had an AP participation rate of 42%, according to U.S. News & World Report.[3] For the 2014–2015 school year the student body makeup was 52% male and 49% female, and the total minority enrollment was 33 percent.[4] Berthoud High School is 1 of 5 high schools in the Thompson School District R-2J and has the highest 4-year graduation rate in the district, with 91%.[5]

The sports and extracurricular teams have a high success rate. In 2007 the football team won the state championship, and several of the members of the forensics team have gone to compete in the National Forensics League almost every year.[6][7] Their Vex robotics teams, whilst not being directly part of the school, consistently rank high in the state, and have gone to the world competition several times.[8]

History

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The town of Berthoud originally had a single school building, the Berthoud School, which served students in all grade levels. This building was built in 1897 in the present-day location of Fickel Park.[9] In 1920, as the school became overcrowded, the citizens of Berthoud held a bond election to fund the construction of a new junior-senior high school. Students began attending the new Berthoud High School, which served students in the seventh through twelfth grades, in the 1921–22 school year. A new high school building was built later as it too became crowded, and the former high school campus now hosts Turner Middle School.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Search for Public Schools - Berthoud High School (080540000927)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  2. ^ "About - Berthoud High School". Thompson School District. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  3. ^ "U.S. News & World Report".
  4. ^ "Thompson School District Enrollment By Gender, Race and Ethnicity". Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  5. ^ "Thompson School District Graduation Rates". Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  6. ^ "Berthoud High School Football". June 19, 2014.
  7. ^ "Berthoud High School Forensics League". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015.
  8. ^ "Berthoud Robotics".
  9. ^ "Berthoud School - Welcome to the Berthoud Historical Society". Berthoud Historical Society. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  10. ^ French, Mark (June 11, 2014). "Berthoud High School once stood at corner of Ninth and Massachusetts". Berthoud Weekly Surveyor. Berthoud, Colorado. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
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