Bloomington High School (BHS) is a public

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in Bloomington, Illinois, and is part of Bloomington School District 87.

Curriculum

Courses include subjects of standard core high school curricula (

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, etc.) as well as courses in

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skills and

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Athletics

Athletics include a full range of individual and team sports, including football, basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball, tennis, swimming, diving, wrestling, track and field, cross country, golf, cheerleading, gaming club, and pom pons. A wide variety of school clubs also meet on various topics. The school's colors are purple and gold. The school dropped its mascot, a Native American chief head, in 2001 because it was deemed offensive. The school's students at that time voted not to replace the mascot but still called the Purple Raiders. Bloomington High School participates in the Big 12 Conference (Illinois).

Awards

Bloomington High School was named by '' U.S. News & World Report'' as a Bronze Medal Winner in 2009 and a Silver Medal Winner in 2012. In 2024 it was ranked by U.S. News as #8,362 nationally and #297 within Illinois.

Notable alumni

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, 1964 Tokyo Olympic swimmer in the preliminaries of the 4x100 freestyle relay. *

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(1975) —

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and player: Currently working as an assistant with the NBA's

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. * Zach Bradford, pole vaulter *

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(1985) — Comic book artist and illustrator * Jim Cox (1968) — Former

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player (

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) *

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, recipient of the 1937

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. * Greg Engel, NFL player * T. Markus Funk, law professor and attorney at

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. * Brandon Hughes (2004) —

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football player * Gordon William Lillie a.k.a. Pawnee Bill, worked for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, then later operated his own wild west show * A.C. Littleton (1908?) – Professor and accounting historian

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inductee * Kenneth Raisbeck (1916), playwright and screenwriter * Curt Raydon (1952?) — Former

player (

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) * John Ridgeway III, NFL player * Edward B. Rust Jr. (1968) — CEO,

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* Sidney Smith (1890s) Syndicated cartoonist

References

External links

School website
{{authority control Public high schools in Illinois Schools in Bloomington–Normal