Buford High School is a public, four-year, comprehensive high school located in Buford, Georgia, United States, in the northern Metro Atlanta area.HistoryBuford High School was opened in 1948.In 2009, it was awarded a silver award by the State of Georgia Governor's Office of Achievement for "Highest Percentage of Students Meeting and Exceeding Standards".The school has a student to teacher ratio of 19 to 1.AcademicsFor the 2010-2011 school year, the school had the highest passing rate in the Georgia Graduation Test, with 96% passing. Buford also ranks in the top 6% of students who pass AP courses.. A part of the greater Buford City Schools System, Buford was ranked as the top school system in the state.AthleticsRenowned as a perennial athletic powerhouse in the state of Georgia, Buford has won state championships in the following: Baseball (1977, 2011, 2015) Boys' basketball (2017) Girls' basketball (2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017) Football (1978, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014) Gymnastics (2014, 2015) Softball (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Volleyball (2015, 2016) Wrestling, traditional (2014) Wrestling, duals (2014)ArtsThe literary team, choral music program, and theater program at Buford High School have been very successful. The literary team has won fifteen Georgia High School Association State Literary Championships (1976, 1980, 1982, 1985, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017). The literary team holds the all time GHSA record for consecutive literary team championships, winning their ninth consecutive title in 2017. The theater program, competing in the Georgia High School Association One-Act Play, has won three state championships (2011, 2013, 2016). The choral program is one of the largest in Georgia, contributing to multiple state literary championships. Three of the state events in the 2016 literary championship were won by singers from the choral department at Buford High. The Girls Trio set a new GHSA all time record by winning their sixth consecutive state title in 2017.
