Bingham High School is a public high school located in South Jordan, Utah, United States. It is one of eight high schools in the Jordan School District. It was established in 1908, and is one of the oldest schools in the state. Teacher/pupil ratios are budgeted at 1 to 27.3, with actual class sizes varying. The school's name and mascot are derived from its proximity to the Bingham Copper Mine. The original school was built in Copperton, Utah and was demolished in 2002.
Principal: Rodney Shaw
Assistant Principals: Kenneth Damron, Arthur Erickson, Michael Farnsworth, Michelle Putnam, John Vincent
Student government
The Bingham High student government began in the 1910s. The first student body president on record was Dewey Miller, who led the miner student body during the 1917–1918 school year. In the 1920s, student government at Bingham consisted of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. The student body officers formed the executive branch with a president, vice president, secretary-treasurer, yell master, yearbook editor and business manager. The principal, representatives from all the classes, and two faculty members made up the legislative branch. The student body court, with a prosecuting attorney, judge, chief of police and a clerk, handled the judicial duties of interpreting the school constitution and maintaining discipline.
Bingham High School's athletics department includes the following sports:
Baseball
*Since baseball came to Bingham in 1925, Miner teams have established a dynasty of state champions. Miner base ballers have taken the state title 21 times, more than any other school in Utah.
Basketball
*Basketball began during the 1915-1916 school year with the completion of the school’s first gymnasium in November 1915. Basketball teams have since won eight state championships under coaches Udell Wankier, George Sluga and Mark Dubach.
Competitive cheerleading
*The Bingham Varsity Cheer Squad has won the National Championship in Super-Advanced Division.
Bingham received the Deseret News All-Sports Award in 2009 and 2011 for having the highest finishes in boys' and girls' sports of any 5A school in the state of Utah.
