Burnsville Senior High School - Burnsville, Minnesota/MN

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Burnsville Senior High School

600 E Highway 13, Burnsville, MN, 55337-2995 -

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Definition of Terms

Burnsville Senior High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 10 - 12

County

Dakota County, MN

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2429 students

% Male / % Female

53% / 47%

Total Classroom Teachers

114 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 10 - 869 students

Grade 11 - 831 students

Grade 12 - 729 students

This School

(MN) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:21

1:17

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(MN) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	2%
% Asian	7%	5%
% Hispanic	4%	3%
% Black	12%	7%
% White	77%	80%

Additional Student Information

This School

(MN) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

11%

20%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(MN) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Burnsville School District

This School's Agency

(MN) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	25	3
Number of Students Managed	10,767 students	766 students
District Total Revenue	$110,973,000	$7,976,000
District Expenditure	$112,945,000	$8,268,000
District Revenue / Student	$10,307	$10,413
District Expenditure / Student	$10,490	$10,794
District Graduation Rates	87%	92%

Clawson earns St. Kate’s degree (The Savage Pacer)
posted on June 2, 2009 at 03:52:54 pm
Alaine Clawson , of Savage, graduated from the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul following the spring 2009 semester. Clawson graduated cum laude (carrying a grade point average of 3.67 to 3.8) and earned a bachelor of arts degree in elementary education. read more
Calling all 2009 high school graduates! (The Savage Pacer)
posted on May 4, 2009 at 08:20:53 pm
All 2009 high school graduates who live in Savage are being asked to contact the Savage Pacer with their graduation information and a picture that will appear in special pages in the newspaper. ( Please note: parents can submit this information for their busy graduate!) read more

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Burnsville High School (BHS) is a three-year public high school located in Burnsville, Minnesota. The school is part of Independent School District 191, which covers all of Burnsville, as well as parts of the surrounding cities Savage and Eagan. A majority of the incoming sophomores come from Eagle Ridge Junior High, Metcalf Junior High, or Nicollet Junior High. The school mascot is Sparky, a humanoid with a fireball for a head.
History: Burnsville High School originally opened in 1957 as a K-12 school with an initial enrollment of about 400 students. In 1966, upon completion of the newly constructed school, students in grades seven through nine started attending Metcalf Junior High. Today, students attending Metcalf Junior High along with Eagle Ridge and Nicollet Junior High Schools will attend Burnsville Senior High School for grades 10-12.
On April 25, 1994, the largest high school arson ever in the United States was started and resulted in over 15 million dollars in damages (the same arsonist also started fires at Edina High School and Minnetonka High School) . During the restoration, high school students studied at Nicollet Junior High and Sky Oaks Elementary Schools. In 1998, the separate Senior Campus of Burnsville High School was opened to handle increased enrollment. Around the time of the fire, the school's mascot was changed from the Braves to the Blaze due to concerns about political correctness and the mascot's meaning to the Native American communities in the area. The name "Blaze" was thought of because of the word "Burnsville" in the school name, and had nothing to do with the fire as it was merely a coincidence.
In 1997, the school board bought the Diamondhead Mall and converted the top level into the Senior Campus. A year later, in 1998, it was opened for use. Students can drive from campus to campus, or they take the shuttle bus. Many classes available only to 12th graders are offered at the Senior Campus. All 12th graders at Burnsville High School spend half their day at this separate campus. The travel time needed to travel to one campus from the other is only about five minutes, but some students take their fourth period as a study hall and use it for travel time and open-campus lunch. Some students also take a second study hall to make up for the one used as travel time and lunch.
In 2006 the Beautification Committee, a group of volunteer parents, raised $50,000 dollars from donations and proceeds from 50th anniversary blanket sales to purchase an electronic greeting sign, replacing an old stone one, as part of the school's 50th anniversary. This group has also volunteered their time, energy, and resources to help upkeep the gardens and grounds of the school. There has been some controversy over the cost of the sign, voiced in the school newspaper, asking if people would raise such money for books or new computers, but as the sign was obtained purely by volunteers, most feel it saved the school a considerable amount of money.
Athletics: Burnsville High School is affiliated with the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) and is a member of the Lake Conference.
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