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Brownsville Area High School
Brownsville Area High School
Address
	9 Brasher Avenue; Brownsville, Fayette County and Washington County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania 15417
Information
School type	Public high school
Established	1966
School district	Brownsville Area School District
NCES District ID	4204080
NCES School ID	420408004818
Principal	Jason Kushak
Faculty	34.48 (FTE)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	471 (2017–18)
Student to teacher ratio	13.66
Color(s)	Black and gold
Athletics conference	WPIAL / PIAA District VII
Team name	Falcons
Communities served	Brownsville, West Brownsville
Feeder schools	Brownsville Area Middle School
Website	www.basd.org/hs.htm

Map of Fayette 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]

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

Sport	Boys	Girls
Baseball	Class AA
Basketball	Class AA	Class AA
Cross Country	Class AA	Class AA
Football	Class AA
Golf	Class AAAA
Soccer	Class AA
Softball		Class AA
Tennis	Class AA	Class AA
Track and Field	Class AA	Class AA
Volleyball		Class AA

According to PIAA directory July 2015^[4]

Notable alumni

Ed Roebuck (1949) – professional baseball pitcher, 1955 World Series Champion^[5]
Vinnie Colaiuta (1974) – Drummer
Doug Dascenzo (1982) – professional baseball player who played for eight MLB seasons^[6]
Tessa Dellarose (2022) - soccer player for the North Carolina Tar Heels, represents United States internationally^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Brownsville Area HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
^ Junker, Leann (5 September 2004). "Work continues as students head back to class at Brownsville Area". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
^ Pennsylvania Department of Education (2013). "Disclosure of Interscholastic Athletic Opportunities". Archived from the original on 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
^ Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association (2015). "PIAA School Directory". Archived from the original on 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
^ Hirsch, Paul (July 22, 2013). Mel Marmer; Bill Nowlin; Clem Comly; James Forr; Russ Lake; Len Levin (eds.). The Year of the Blue Snow. SABR, Inc. p. 176. ISBN 9781933599519.
^ Storey, Jerry (July 30, 2006). "Brownsville remembers 'Slugger". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
^ "Tessa Dellarose - Women's Soccer". University of North Carolina Athletics. Archived from the original on 2024-12-19. Retrieved 2024-12-25.