Logan High School (La Crosse, Wisconsin)

Logan High School is a public high school in La Crosse, Wisconsin operated by the School District of La Crosse. Located on the city's north side, the 240,000 square foot school is situated on a 32-acre site in the La Crosse River Valley. La Crosse Logan consistently scores among the top high schools in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and is nationally recognized for its student academic achievements and college readiness scores.

History
In August 1979, construction of the new Logan Senior High School was completed on the north side of La Crosse. Prior to this, classes were held at what is now Logan Middle School.  The new school was a three-year high school during the 1979-80 school year. It became a four-year high school (grades 9-12) in 1980 with the reorganization of the district and creation of middle schools. Two classroom wings for the math, social studies and world language departments were later added. A multi-purpose addition was finished in the fall of 1997, which provides music and athletic practice and performance facilities. Today, Logan High is a two-story building of about  situated on a  site in the La Crosse River Valley on the city's north side. Students from La Crosse's north side, partial south side, Campbell, Medary, and some open enrollment attendees from surrounding municipalities are served by the school.

In 2005, principal Scott Mihalovic won the La Crosse Tribune Person of the Year award stating, "Scott Mihalovic, who as principal at Logan High School provided steady leadership during a challenging period at the school."

Statistics
 843 Students grades 9-12
 66 teachers, 16 teacher asst. — 15 Departments (more than 50% have master's degrees)
 Average class size: 24.5
 Core classes: 28 
 AP courses: 21
 Electives: 20
 Free & reduced lunch: 44.83%
 School Mascot: "La Crosse Logan Rangers"

Student demographics
 In October, 2013, Logan High reported:
 75.0% Caucasian
 12.3% Asian American/Hmong
 8.7% African American
 2.6% Hispanic
 1.4% American Indian

Extracurricular activities 
 Academic Decathlon
 Cisco Networking Academy
 Chinese, French, German, and Spanish language courses
 DECA
 Delta Epsilon Phi, Honor Society in German
 EStart for School-Age Parents
 FBLA, "Future Business Leaders of America"
 FCCLA, "Family, Career and Community Leaders of America"
 Forensics
 Go Green Team
 High Quiz Bowl and NAQT
 Logan High School Concert Band
 LEAP — Alternative Program
 Marketing Coop Job, Apprenticeship
 National Honor Society
 Project Lead the Way
 Project Respect
 Ranger Renaissance
 School Within a School
 Youth Apprenticeship
 Theater

Athletics 

Sport programs include basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, track and field, wrestling, cross country, swimming, tennis, power lifting, soccer, football, fall dance team, winter dance team, cheer leading, golf, gymnastics, hockey, and ski teams.

The Rangers hold an intense city rivalry with La Crosse Central High School.  The rivalry is most notable for its Battle for the Ark in football, but it encompasses all sports.

The Green Bay Packers donated $200,000 for Logan to upgrade its football field to synthetic turf.

Performing arts 
Logan fields two competitive show choirs: the mixed-gender Class Act and the single-gender Classy Ladies. Class Act is a successful program, winning Grand Champion at the Brodhead High School competition in 2018. LHS also hosts an annual show choir competition, the Logan Showcase, which occurs on the second weekend of February each year. The 2018 competition made waves within the show choir community for a close and controversial battle for the win between nearby schools La Crosse Central, Onalaska and Holmen, in which one set of scores gave Central the top spot but Holmen ended up prevailing based on judges' rankings.

State championships 
 Baseball, 1971
 Baseball Division 1, 2001
 Softball Division 2, 2015

Sister schools
Staatliches Gymnasium Friedberg, Friedberg, Bavaria, Germany
 Luoyang Foreign Language School, Luoyang, China

Recognition 
In 2014 US News & World Report ranked Logan 29th among Wisconsin's high schools, earning a silver medal. The ranking mentioned the school's AP participation rate of 30%. In 2015, Logan High School was not ranked among the top 59 high schools in the state by US News & World Report.

Notable faculty
D. Wayne Lukas, horse trainer, taught and coached at Logan
Ruth Ann Musick, folklorist and author, taught at Logan from 1923 to 1931

Notable alumni

Russell G. Cleary, businessman and lawyer
Edward R. Hauser, University of Wisconsin professor and chairman, Meat and Animal Science
Ron Kind 1981, United States House of Representatives
Doug Martin, college basketball coach
Glen Selbo, basketball and baseball player, won the Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball in 1947
Clarence Tommerson, NFL player

See also
La Crosse Central High School

Notes

External links
 Logan High School, La Crosse, Wisconsin

Category:Public high schools in Wisconsin
Category:Buildings and structures in La Crosse, Wisconsin
Category:Educational institutions established in 1928
Category:Schools in La Crosse County, Wisconsin
 
Category:1928 establishments in Wisconsin