Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart

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Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart is a private high school located in Madison, Wisconsin in the Diocese of Madison. It is run by the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters. In the 2006-2007 School year, it enrolled approximately 600 students. Also on the "Edgewood Campus" is the Edgewood College and the Edgewood Campus School, an elementary and middle school.

Edgewood began in 1871 as Saint Regina Academy, an all girls boarding school. Governor Cadwaller Washburn donated his official residence, "Edgewood Villa," after losing a bid for re-election. Saint Regina Academy continued to operate until a fire in 1895 destroyed the original building. Less than a year after the fire the school re-opened as the Academy of the Sacred Heart. Boys were first admitted in 1924. In 1927, the original building was completed according to the design of architect Albert Kelsey, son-in-law of Governor Cadwallader Washburn, under the name Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart. Recently celebrating its 125th anniversary, the school has great history dating back to Samuel Mazzuchelli and Governor Cadwallader Washburn who once owned the land Edgewood sits on.