Blooming Prairie High School
Public school
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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]
| Blooming Prairie High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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202 4th Avenue Northwest Blooming Prairie MN 55917 | |
| Coordinates | 43.8680182°N 93.0638099°W[1] |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1868 |
| School district | Blooming Prairie Schools #756 |
| Principal | John Worke |
| Staff | 24.66 (FTE)[3] |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.41[3] |
| Colors | Black, white and silver [4] |
| Nickname | Awesome Blossoms[4] |
| Website | http://www.blossoms.k12.mn.us/BLOSSOMSK12MN/ |
School system
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.
Athletics
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]
School spirit
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]