Edgerton High School is a high school

High school

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 located in Edgerton, Wisconsin

Edgerton, Wisconsin

Edgerton is a city in Dane and Rock Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 4,933 at the 2000 census. Known locally as "Tobacco City U.S.A.," because of the importance of tobacco growing in the region, Edgerton continues to be a center for the declining tobacco industry in the...

. Edgerton High School's mascot is the Crimson Tide. It has around 600 students.

History

In 1890 Edgerton High School was at the center of a controversy about the separation of church and state

Separation of church and state

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, resulting in the landmark "Edgerton Bible Case

Edgerton Bible Case

The Edgerton Bible Case was an important court case involving prayer in public schools in Wisconsin. In the early days of Edgerton, Wisconsin, it was common practice for public school teachers to read aloud from the King James Bible to their students...

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Sports Achievements

Edgerton High won the state baseball

Baseball

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championship in 1990 coached by Mike Gregory.
Edgerton Golfer Dan Ozga was D2 state runner up in 2009 as an individual.