[5][6] Jefferson's athletic teams are known as the Eagles,[3] and the school's fight song is set to the tune of On, Wisconsin!.

About the 201 S. Copeland Ave. building, it is described at National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Wisconsin as:Two-story brick school designed in Collegiate Gothic style by Van Ryn & DeGelleke and Jefferson native Julius Heimerl, and built 1924-25.

The 1953 addition was designed by Foeller, Schober, Berners, Safford and Jahn of Green Bay.

[12] The expansion and addition creating the present building was a $35.19 million project funded by a 2010 school construction bond, and was completed in 2012.

It was designed by Plunkett Raysich Architects to utilize natural light to a great extent and includes geothermal heating and cooling.