Almond-Bancroft High

Set in Almond, Wisconsin, Almond-Bancroft High is an one-room-style high school, operated by Almond-Bancroft School District. It teaches 103 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 78% smaller than the state mean of about 475.

Almond-Bancroft High is one of 3 schools operated by Almond-Bancroft School District, a district that caters to 351 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Almond-Bancroft High lists that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 26% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Almond-Bancroft High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 49% of students at Almond-Bancroft High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Portage County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Almond-Bancroft High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Portage County put median household income runs about $76,070, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Portage County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,217 students), Almond-Bancroft High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Almond-Bancroft Middle, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Almond-Bancroft High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Almond-Bancroft High at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 113 students in 2018 compared to 103 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 72% across the same window.

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