Beverly High School

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Beverly High School
Address
100 Sohier Rd. Beverly , Massachusetts 01915 United States
Coordinates	42°33′52″N 70°52′52″W / 42.56444°N 70.88111°W / 42.56444; -70.88111
Information
Type	Public High School Open enrollment[1]
Motto	Be The Best Beverly
Established	1859; 165 years ago (1859)
School district	Beverly Public Schools
Superintendent	Suzanne M Charochak [2]
NCES School ID	250264000164[3]
Principal	Elizabeth A. Taylor [2]
Staff	103.29 FTE Educators [2]
Grades	9–12
Number of students	1,286 (2022-23)[3]
Student to teacher ratio	12.45 : 1 [2]
Hours in school day	6.5
Houses	2
Color(s)	Orange & Black
Song	Onward and Onward for Beverly High
Athletics conference	Northeastern Conference (NEC)
Mascot	Panther
Nickname	Beverly Panthers
Rival	Salem
Newspaper	The Ledger
Yearbook	Beverlega
Website	bhsonline.org

Beverly High School is one of two four-year public high schools in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States, the other being the smaller Northshore Academy. It has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students and is accredited by the Massachusetts Department of Education and by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

The staff consists of a Principal, three assistant principals, an Athletic Director, six Guidance Counselors and about a hundred teachers including six department heads. The school mascot is the Beverly High Panthers.

BHS offers three foreign languages, French, Spanish, and German. It also offers ASL (American Sign Language). The school also offers 12 advanced placement courses. Over 90% of graduating seniors enroll in two or four year colleges.^{[citation needed]}

According to Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education annual statistics, for the 2019-2020^[5] academic year, the demographic enrollment distributions for race, gender and grade level at Beverly High School are as follows:

Total number of enrolled students: 1,312
Total number of full-time equivalent educators: 91.2
Therefore, the student to teacher ratio for this school is 14.4:1

* Approximate number of enrolled pupils is calculated based on total number of students in district, multiplied by reported percentage, and rounded to nearest whole student.

* SP = Special Education Beyond Grade 12^[7]

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Beverly High School is a member of M.I.A.A with athletes participating in the Northeastern Conference. Athletics are open to all students at Beverly High School during Fall, Winter and Spring seasons.

Beverly High School has a rich history of men's ice hockey. The Panthers won a division II State Championship in 2014 against Medfield 2-1 before an estimated 8,000 fans at TD Garden.^[8] That season ended with a 22-1-1 record.^[8]

Beverly High School has played rival Salem High School on Thanksgiving since 1891, making it one of the longest high school football rivalries in the country.^[9] The 100th game in 1998 attracted over 11,000 fans to Hurd Stadium.^[10] The overall record has BHS winning 54–51–7.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, the team won the Division III State Championship by defeating heavily favored and undefeated Somerset High School by a score of 28-20.^{[citation needed]} Beverly overcame a 20-7 halftime deficit, and rallied back to complete one of the biggest upsets in Massachusetts High School Playoff Football history.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, the Beverly Panthers varsity football team won the division 2A Super Bowl against Natick at Gillette Stadium, winning 28-21.^[11] This win gave them a perfect season of 13-0,^[12] the first in the high school's history.^{[citation needed]}

Since the turn of the decade, the Beverly Panthers varsity boys basketball team has enjoyed tremendous success, holding a record of 55-6 over the past three seasons. In the 2019-20 season, the team won a program record 21 games and captured the MIAA Division II North Championship over Belmont. During the 2021-22 season, the team matched the record with 21 wins of their own while holding a Boston Globe Top 10 ranking throughout the season.

Beverly High School has various clubs, including:

• North Shore Science League (3rd place overall for 2011'-2012' & 2012'-2013') ^{[citation needed]}
• Math Team
• Model United Nations
• Key Club
• Video Game Club
• Gender and Sexuality Alliance
• Eco-Club
• Best Buddies
• Aegis
• Anime Club
• Habitat for Humanity
• Paranormal Club
• Kpop Club
• Ski Club
• Philosophy Club
• Civil Discussions Club
• Stage Right Drama Club
• Peer Leaders
• Robotics Team
• Anti Furry Organization

In 2011 main construction of the new Beverly High School, still located at 100 Sohier Road, completed. The old building has since been demolished and landscaping and site work has been completed, including the two new turf fields that were installed.^{[citation needed]} The new high school has finished being built, and has been in use for over 5 years as of 2023. In 2024, the main turf field had light fixtures and seating installed.

Installed in 1981, Beverly High School became the first school in the country to have solar panels. These 100 kW ground mounted panels were supplanted by 83 kW of roof mounted solar panels in 2011.^[13] In 2022, the old solar panels were removed and a new solar panel array was added to the hill.

• Eddy Duchin, piano player and band leader
• David Ferriero, 10th Head of the U.S. National Archives, since 2009
• Matt Hubbard, television writer, most notable for his work on 30 Rock
• Jack Leathersich, MLB pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates^[14]
• Alfred Marshall, founder of Marshalls^[15]
• Angela Miller, American Idol season 12 contestant

• Official website