Brandywine High School is a public

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located near Talleys Corner in

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New Castle County, Delaware, with a Wilmington postal address. Although the school is not within the Wilmington city limits, it does serve some parts of the city north of the

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. It is a part of the

Brandywine School District Brandywine School District (abbreviated BSD) is a public school district in northern New Castle County, Delaware in the United States. It serves Arden, Ardencroft, Ardentown, Bellefonte, Claymont, Edgemoor, Talleyville, - Talleyville is opag ...

. There were 940 students enrolled in the fall for the 2020–2021 school year. Rebecca Reggio is the current principal of Brandywine High School.

Athletics

Brandywine is a member of the

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(DIAA). The Bulldogs compete in Flight B of the Blue Hen Conference with a full slate of teams in all three sports seasons: Brandywine's sports include: cross country, field hockey, football, soccer, volleyball, cheerleading, basketball, swimming, wrestling, cheerleading, indoor track, baseball, softball, golf, lacrosse, tennis, and track and field.

Recognitions

In 2021, '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Brandywine #5,392 out of almost 24,000 public schools across the United States and

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ranked it in the top 50% best public schools for athletes in

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. The school was recognized by the

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for the 1982–1983 school year.

Appearances in media

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spoke from the classroom in which she formerly taught at the school (room 232) for her remote address to the

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. Biden's husband Joe Biden was in the high school at the moment he formally was nominated for president during the convention.

Notable alumni

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, former basketball player in the

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and

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, trumpet player for

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from 1990 to 2000 *

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George Thorogood George Lawrence Thorogood (born February 24, 1950) is an American musician, singer and songwriter from Wilmington, Delaware. His "high-energy boogie-blues" sound became a staple of 1980s rock radio, with hits like his original songs "Bad to the ...

, musician known for hits such as "

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" *

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Notable faculty

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References

External links

Brandywine High School website

Video clips of Brandywine Music and Drama performances
{{authority control High schools in New Castle County, Delaware Public high schools in Delaware Educational institutions established in 1958 1958 establishments in Delaware