Petersburg High School (Texas)

Petersburg High School
Address
Map
1411 West 4th Street

Petersburg
,
Texas
79250-0169

United States
Coordinates33°52′18″N 101°36′11″W / 33.871561°N 101.603076°W / 33.871561; -101.603076
Information
School typePublic high school
Motto"The Buffalo Way, Every Day!"
School districtPetersburg Independent School District
PrincipalRichie Tarbet
Teaching staff24.65 (FTE)[1]
GradesPK-12
Enrollment273 (2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio11.08[1]
Color(s)    Black & Gold
Athletics conferenceUIL Class A
MascotBuffalo/Lady Buff
WebsitePetersburg High School

Petersburg High School is a public high school located in Petersburg, Texas (USA), a small farming community in the southern panhandle portion of the state and classified as a 1A school by the UIL. The school is part of the Petersburg Independent School District which encompasses the southeastern corner of Hale County and reaches into portions of Floyd and Crosby counties. In 2015, the school was rated "Improvement Required" by the Texas Education Agency.[2]

Athletics

The school has a rich history of excellence in academics as well as athletics. During the 1960s and 1970s, Petersburg was well known in the area for producing outstanding football teams which competed under the state's University Interscholastic League (UIL) authority. Due to a decrease in the local population, the school now plays six-man football sanctioned by the UIL.[3]

The Petersburg Buffaloes also compete in the following sports - [4] Baseball and Softball

State Titles

  • Football - [5]
    • 1963(1A)

State Finalist

  • Boys Basketball - [6]
    • 1992(1A)

Band

The school's band was equally notable, annually producing Division I rankings (the UIL's top rank) over a period spanning more than two decades.

References

  1. ^ a b c "PETERSBURG SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  2. ^ "2015 Accountability Rating System" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-10.
  3. ^ UIL pdf file Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ The Athletics Department
  5. ^ Lone Star Football Network
  6. ^ UIL Boys Basketball Archives



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