Burley High School

Burley High School is a four-year secondary school in Burley, Idaho, the largest of four traditional high schools in the Cassia County School District #151. Its official title is Burley Senior High School and it has only had its 2100 Park Ave. address since the doors opened for the Spring Semester of 1999. The previous school was built in the 1950s, residing at the locally known address of #1 Bobcat Boulevard, and the building still exists as a satellite campus for the College of Southern Idaho. Until the 2006–07 school year, it was exclusively a three-year senior high school, with the freshman class attending Burley Junior High School.

Burley High School
Location
2100 Park Ave.

Burley
,
Idaho

U.S.[1]
Information
TypePublic[2]
School districtCassia County S.D. (#151)
PrincipalLevi Power [1]
Faculty35 [2]
Grades9–12 [2]
Enrollment920 (2016-17)[3]
Color(s)Green, White, & Gray [4]
              
AthleticsIHSAA Class 4A[4]
Athletics conferenceGreat Basin (West)
MascotBobcat [4]
RivalsMinico, Jerome
YearbookBobcat
Elevation4,170 ft (1,270 m) AMSL
WebsiteBurley High School

The school's most notable aspect is the addition of the King Fine Arts Center at the southwest corner of the school. Consisting of a 1,300 capacity audience seating area, advanced sound systems, an advanced fly system above the stage, green rooms, costume/prop loft, catwalks, band/choir practice room, and even a lecture chamber, the King Fine Arts Center remains as the most advanced school "auditorium" in the entire state. It instills a sense of pride among students and local residents alike. Mitch Tilley, the former band director, (Now under the direction of Timothy Wood.) won multiple band and jazz band awards, and has taken the school to the Rose Bowl.

The school also includes Skagg's Field, a sports complex built in 2008, which includes a custom-built entrance, a synthetic turf field, stadium bleachers, and a fieldhouse.

Athletics

Burley competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 4A[4] the second-highest classification, and is a member of the Great Basin (West) Conference with Minico (near Rupert), Jerome, and Wood River (Hailey). In August 2009, the conference added Twin Falls and just-opened Canyon Ridge, both located in Twin Falls.

State titles

Boys

  • Basketball (6): 1935, 1941, (A-1, now 5A) 1991, (A-2, now 4A) 1992; (4A) 2007, 2008 [5]
  • Track (2): 1921, 1922 (one class) [6]

Girls

  • Basketball (1): (4A) 2007 [7] (introduced in 1976)

Notable alumni

Tim Ulrich - Mayo Clinic physician and inventor of the "iron cross"

-Loren Rucker - Command Master Chief in US Navy, 1993 BHS graduate https://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmw/pages/commandmasterchief.aspx

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References
  1. "Burley High School Home Page". Retrieved 2014-10-30.
  2. "Burley Senior High School". Public School Review. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  3. "BURLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  4. "Idaho High School Activities Association" (PDF). IHSAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  5. idhsaa.org Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Basketball champions - through 2012
  6. idhsaa.org Archived March 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine - Track champions - through 2012
  7. idhsaa.org Archived October 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Girls Basketball champions - through 2012

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