Denmark High School (Denmark, Wisconsin)
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{{Infobox school
| name = Denmark High School
| logo = Denmark High School logo.jpg
| image = Denmark High School Wisconsin April 19, 2020.jpg
| caption = Denmark High School in 2020
| streetaddress = 450 N. Wall St.
| city = Denmark
| state = WI
| county = Brown County
| zipcode = 54208
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|44.353937| -87.824184|type:edu_region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
| schooltype = Comprehensive public high school
| district = Denmark School District
| us_nces_district_id = 5503660
| superintendent = Luke Goral
| ceeb = 500520
| us_nces_school_id = 550366000388
| principal = Terry Wetzel
| staff = 77
| teaching_staff = 30.87 (FTE)
| grades = 9-12
| enrollment = 465 (2023-2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=550366000388&ID=550366000388|title=Denmark High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=January 14, 2025}}
| classes_offered = 129
| language = English
| hours_in_day = 7.25
| colors = {{Color box|purple|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Purple and gold
| song = "On, Wisconsin!"
| athletics_conference = WIAA Northeastern Conference
| mascot = Viking
| nickname = Denmark Vikings
| rival = Luxemburg-Casco Spartans
| ACT_year = 2016-2017
| newspaper = Viking Voices
| homepage = {{URL|denmark.k12.wi.us/hs/}}
}}
Denmark High School is a public high school located in Denmark, Wisconsin, United States.
Academics
In the spring of 2016, Denmark was named to the Advanced Placement honor roll for high schools for their offerings and increase in students passing.{{cite web |last1=Zarling |first1=Patti |title=Denmark, L-C high schools earn AP recognition |url=https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/education/2016/03/06/denmark-luxemburg-casco-advanced-placement-tests-honors-wisconsin-dpi/81213824/ |website=Green-Bay Press Gazette |accessdate=13 June 2019}}
Demographics
Denmark is 93 percent white, four percent Hispanic, one percent all other races, and two percent of students identify as a part of two or more races.{{cite web |title=Denmark High Student Body |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/wisconsin/districts/denmark-school-district/denmark-high-21559/student-body |website=U.S. News & World Report |accessdate=13 June 2019}}
From 2000 to 2019, high school enrollment declined 13.6%.2000–2019 enrollment figures come from the Wisconsin DPI [https://dpi.wi.gov/school-nutrition/program-statistics/archive#epr Program Statistics Archives, Wisconsin School Free/Reduced Eligibility Data] and the Wisconsin DPI [https://dpi.wi.gov/school-nutrition/program-statistics School Nutrition Program Statistics] reports for school level enrollment and participation data.
Enrollment at Denmark High School, 2000–2019
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Athletics
File:Denmark High School Leiterman Field.jpg.
The school participates in Division 3 (formerly of Division 2) of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association as a member of the Northeastern Conference (Wisconsin).
Denmark's trap shooting team won the 2018 and 2019 state championships. The Denmark boys' spring baseball team lost the D2 state final in 2005 against Kenosha St. Joseph in 12 innings.{{cite web|title=Spring Baseball Champions 1948-2012|url=http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Baseball_Spring/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf|accessdate=22 August 2012|author=WIAA|page=5}} The team returned to the state finals in 2021 beating Jefferson 4-1 and also the following season in 2022, again beating Jefferson 6-5 to repeat as State Champions.
The boys' basketball team won the 1985 Division B state final.{{cite web|title=State Boys' Basketball Champions (1916-2012)|url=http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Basketball_Boys/teamchamps.pdf|accessdate=23 August 2012|author=WIAA|page=2|archive-date=28 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228080322/http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Basketball_Boys/teamchamps.pdf|url-status=dead}} The team returned to state in 2019, but fell in the state semifinal to Waupun.
The softball team won state finals in 1982 (Division B), 1983 (Division B), 1991 (D2), and 1997 (D2).{{cite web|title=WIAA State Softball Champions (1976-2012)|url=http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Softball/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf|accessdate=23 August 2012|author=WIAA|page=1}}
Extracurricular activities
Denmark High has been noted for a large agriculture presence, especially through FFA.{{cite book |title=A History of Vocational Agriculture/agribusiness in Wisconsin Secondary Schools, 1900-1976 |date=1976 |publisher=Department of Public Instruction, Bureau for Career and Manpower Development |pages=74, 81 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VGHZAAAAMAAJ&dq=denmark+high+school+wi+history&pg=PA74}}
Notable alumni
References
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Category:Public high schools in Wisconsin