Students who wished to continue to tenth and eleventh grades had to attend the Methodist-run Evangeline Preparatory Academy, a private school.

[2][5] In 1936 an election was held to fund the construction of a combined gym and auditorium, as well as to establish an agriculture program.

In 1969, the Federal courts caused the schools to be integrated, and Black students from nearby William W. Stewart were allowed to attend for the first time.

[citation needed] By the fall of 1971 the high school had an enrollment of 430 White and 132 Black students.

The band's first uniforms were simple red capes lined with white satin and were created by the school's home economics department.

According to an article in the local newspaper, an open contest was held sometime in the late 1930s to select a school mascot.

[21] In the 1990s, BHS attracted attention because they rescheduled school athletic events to avoid conflict with the opening of squirrel hunting season.