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Reedsburg Area High School is a public high school located in Reedsburg, WI. It is the only high school serving the Reedsburg School District. Reedsburg Area High School serves the communities of LaValle, Loganville, Rock Springs, Ironton, and parts of North Freedom, and La Rue. It participates in the Badger Conference for athletics.

Campus
After the high school was completed in 1998, the 596-seat CAL Center was finished. In 2000, Millennium field was constructed. The area contains the football field and running track. Just east are the soccer fields.

Rivalries
Reedsburg and Baraboo have one of the oldest football rivalries in the state of Wisconsin. The rivalry started in 1900, and has been continuous since 1919.

Early Settlers
In 1849 the children of early Reedsburg had school in a shanty with seven student enrolled. By 1869 the students had a new structure after having classes at two other locations. A movement was made to establish a high school in town. With the population of the city increasing, an addition was built on to the building. Enrollment increased to 100 and the old wooden building was no longer sufficient. The building was demolished to make room for a new school.

6th Street School
In 1903 the community built a new brick building at a cost of $50,000. This new facility had showers, a running track, a large assembly room, and a gymnasium. The gym made it possible for teams to compete with nearby high schools. In 1923 an addition was constructed to the north side of the building. The student population kept growing until 1951 when the school met its capacity. The state suggested that a safer, better school be built. Planning for a new high school began.

Webb High School
Due to a large donation by Herbert H. Webb, the school board followed his suggestion to build the new school adjacent to the park he recently donated. In 1957 the school was complete. It included a large gym, music room, lunch room, and classrooms all in the same building. To the north was the athletic field. Webb is remembered today for the semi-annual interest payments to the city from the trust fund he set up in 1944. Income from his $300,000 trust goes for projects deemed appropriate by the city fathers. Webb High School served the community for about four decades.

Reedsburg Area High School
By 1990, enrollment at Webb High was outgrowing the school. Soon a referendum passed to build a new school and convert Webb High School into Webb Middle School. The new school was completed in 1998, nam