Alma High

Alma High is a secondary school of minimally staffed scale in Alma, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Alma School District, serveing 80 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 83% leaner than the state mean of about 475.

Alma School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 264 students; Alma High is among them.

Demographically, Alma High lists that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Buffalo County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Alma High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.9%, the actual is 43.0%, a residual of -14.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, Buffalo County reports that median household income runs about $70,479, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Alma High is one of 10 public schools in Buffalo County (combined enrollment of about 1,850 students).

Alma Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Alma High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alma High at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 14%: 70 students in 2018 compared to 80 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 1% to 6% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 7.9:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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