Brodhead High School

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Brodhead High School
Address
Brodhead High School
2501 W. 5th Ave.

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Coordinates 42°36′22″N89°23′03″W / 42.60615°N 89.38404°W / 42.60615; -89.38404
Information
Type Public high school
School districtBrodhead School District
PrincipalJim Matthys
Teaching staff23.79 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment322 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio13.54 [1]
Campus Suburban
Color(s)  
MascotCardinal
Website

Brodhead High School is a high school located in Brodhead, Wisconsin, United States. It serves students from the Brodhead community.

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Athletics

Brodhead is a member of the Rock Valley Conference.

Its athletics teams are known as the Cardinals, and its mascot is a cardinal named Charlie.

Football

Brodhead combines with the Juda School District for football and wrestling. The Cardinals have earned eight Rock Valley Conference championships, 25 consecutive playoff appearances, three state semi-final appearances and two state runner-ups.

Volleyball

The Lady Cardinals have won six conference championships and have made one appearance at the state tournament.

Softball

Track

Music programs

The Brodhead band performs at the home football, basketball, and volleyball games. They perform a series of concerts throughout the year.

Brodhead also fields two competitive show choirs, an all-woman group named BHS Express, and a mixed group named Guys and Dolls. [2] Both choirs compete around southeast Wisconsin every winter.

Controversy

Brodhead High School was involved in controversy in late October 2016 over a safety drill on driving. The school made a public morning announcement that four students had died that morning in a car crash. Those students, who were alive, were not allowed to use their cell phones to inform fellow students that it was part of a drill. Later, the school made a second announcement that the students were alive and that this had been a simulation drill. Additional announcements were made during the day about more students dying in crashes that did not actually happen. [3] [4] [5]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Brodhead High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  2. "SCC: Viewing School - Brodhead High School". www.showchoir.com. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  3. Wang, Amy B. (November 1, 2016). "A school wanted to teach teens a lesson. So students were told their classmates died". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  4. "Why This School Lied and Told Students 4 of Their Classmates Were Dead". Cosmopolitan. November 2, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  5. "A School Told Students Their Classmates Had Died. But It Was a Lie to Scare Them Into Driving Safely". Time. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  6. "Jim Meyer". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 12, 2011.