Berkshire High School | |
Location: | 41.483837, -81.136938 |
Streetaddress: | 14155 Claridon Troy Rd |
County: | (Geauga County) |
Zipcode: | 44021 |
Country: | USA |
District: | Berkshire School District |
Superintendent: | John Stoddard |
Principal: | Jon Franks |
Dean: | Brian Hiscox |
Teaching Staff: | 29 (FTE) |
Average Class Size: | 100 |
Ratio: | 20.90 |
Athletics Conference: | Chagrin Valley Conference |
Mascot: | Badger |
Team Name: | Badgers[1] |
Newspaper: | The Badger Pause |
Enrollment: | 606 (2017-18)[2] |
Berkshire High School is a public high school in Burton, Ohio that serves Burton Township, Ohio; Thompson Township, Geauga County, Ohio; Montville Township, Geauga County, Ohio; Claridon Township, Geauga County, Ohio; and Troy Township, Geauga County, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Berkshire School District and its mascot is the Badger.
Prior to consolidation, the school was known as Burton High School and its mascot was the Maple Leaf. The Berkshire School District opened the current K-12 campus in the fall of 2022. Unlike most high schools, the Berkshire School campus consists of all grades from pre K to 12 and is located adjacent to Kent State University-Geauga Campus. The previous location of Berkshire High School has been sold and is the former residence of Seabury Ford, governor of Ohio.
Berkshire High School as of 2015 now includes students from Ledgemont High School, as Ledgemont closed their high school and the elementary closed with he opening of the new Berkshire Local Schools Pre K through 12 campus.