Brownsville Area High School

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Brownsville Area High School
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Brownsville Area High School
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School typePublic high school
Established1966
School district Brownsville Area School District
NCES District ID4204080
NCES School ID420408004818
PrincipalJason Kushak
Faculty34.48 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment471 (2017–18) [1]
Student to teacher ratio13.66 [1]
Color(s)Black and gold
Athletics conference WPIAL / PIAA District VII
Team nameFalcons
Communities served Brownsville, West Brownsville
Feeder schoolsBrownsville Area Middle School
Website www.basd.org/hs.htm
Map of Fayette County, Pennsylvania public school districts showing Brownsville Area SD in orange Map of Fayette County Pennsylvania School Districts.png
Map of Fayette County, Pennsylvania public school districts showing Brownsville Area SD in orange
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Map of Washington County, Pennsylvania public school districts showing Brownsville Area SD in orange

Brownsville Area High School is a small, rural public high school serving students in southwestern Pennsylvania, near the Monongahela River. It serves students living in the Borough of Brownsville and Brownsville Township, Luzerne Township and Redstone Township in Fayette County. In Washington County, Pennsylvania it serves the Borough of West Brownsville. In the 2017–2018 school year, enrollment was reported as 471. [1]

Contents

Brownsville Area High School students may choose to attend the Fayette County Career and Technical Institute for training in the construction and mechanical trades. Fayette County Career and Technical Institute is located in Georges Township. Students attend for one-half day, each day while attending their home school the other half of the school day. The school offers school to career classes and dual enrollment courses in cooperation with Westmoreland County Community College.

The Intermediate Unit IU1 provides the district with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, background checks for employees, state mandated recognizing and reporting child abuse training, speech and visual disability services and criminal background check processing for prospective employees and professional development for staff and faculty.

Creation and history

Brownsville Area High School was constructed in the mid-1960s to accommodate students in the newly created Brownsville Area School District, which resulted in the consolidation of the Redstone Township, Luzerne Township, and Brashear High Schools. There was an addition in 1972. The school district closed Redstone Middle School in 2001 and moved the students to the High School until a $17 Million Addition/Renovation [2] process was completed in 2005, at which time the Middle School was placed into its separate facility.

Extracurriculars

Brownsville Area High School offers a variety of clubs, activities and an extensive, publicly funded, sports program. [3]

Athletics

SportBoysGirls
Baseball Class AA
Basketball Class AAClass AA
Cross Country Class AAClass AA
Football Class AA
Golf Class AAAA
Soccer Class AA
Softball Class AA
Tennis Class AAClass AA
Track and Field Class AAClass AA
Volleyball Class AA

According to PIAA directory July 2015 [4]

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