Darlington High School is a public school for grades 9 to 12 in the town of Darlington, Wisconsin.
History In 1964, construction of a new Darlington High School began. The school district hoped to have it open by the 1965-1966 school year.
Demographics Un 2026, 70 percent of the school's 257 students were white and almost 29 percent were Hispanic. 40 percent of students were categorized as economically disadvantaged.https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/wisconsin/districts/darlington-community-school-district/darlington-high-school-21552 It is part of the Darlington Community School District.
Athletics Redbirds are the school mascot. Its football team plays in Division 6. It won its fourth state championship in 1995. In 2025 it won its fifth state championship. Its team was undefeated with a record of 14-0 for the season. Alumni Alex Erickson, former NFL player Shelly Kittleson, journalist
In the news In 2011, the school made national headlines after a 21-year-old man posed as a 16-year-old student for a year. In 2023 a physical education teacher who had sex with a 16 year old student on multiple occasions was sentenced to probation References