Bleckley County High School

Bleckley County High School is a high school in Cochran, Georgia, United States, 120 miles (190 km) south of Atlanta. The school reaches students in grades 9-12 from the town of Cochran and the rest of Bleckley County.

Bleckley County High School
Address
1 Royal Drive

Cochran
,
Bleckley County
,
Georgia
31014

United States
Coordinates32.414748°N 83.319111°W / 32.414748; -83.319111[1]
Information
TypePublic
School districtBleckley County School District
PrincipalMatt Gibbs
Teaching staff42.60 FTE[2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment678 (2018–19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio15.92[2]
Color(s)  
Athletics conference3 AA
Team nameRoyals
RivalDodge County High School, Hawkinsville High School
AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools
Georgia Accrediting Commission[3]
YearbookThe Scepter
Websitehs.bleckley.k12.ga.us

Bleckley County built a new high school that opened in the fall of 2005. In its final year, the previous building was the oldest non-renovated high school in the state of Georgia, and now serves as the county's pre-kindergarten facility. This original building is located on Dykes Street near downtown Cochran. Bleckley County High School is located at 1 Royal Drive just off of the Cochran Bypass and Airport Road.

Bleckley County High attained "Adequate Yearly Progress" for 2009, the only high school in Middle Georgia to do so besides schools in Houston County.

BCHS is a six-time region winner in the one-act play as well as literary competitions.

The football team made it to the elite eight in 2006. The boys' basketball team did so in 2007, and the baseball team did so in 2009. Girls' cross country has won seven straight region titles; the boys have won four straight. Bleckley girls' track won state in 2007 and finished state runner-up in 2009, boys' track placed best in school history with third in state in 2016. Both the boys' and girls' tennis teams have made multiple runs to the AA final four. BCHS cheerleading has won two state championships. The men's basketball team lost to Greater Atlanta Christian High School in GHSA AA State Basketball Final on March 8, 2013 by a score of 69 - 52.

Bleckley County High School FFA took the title of the 2017 National FFA Forestry CDE Champions in October 2017.

The school's golf team annually awards the Bruce Fleisher Award.[4]

References
  1. "Free US Geocoder". Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  2. "Bleckley County High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  3. "2010-2011 Public School Programs" (PDF). Georgia Accrediting Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 25 July 2011.


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