Amherst High

Amherst High is a high school of low-enrollment scale in Amherst, Wisconsin, overseen by Tomorrow River School District, hosting 349 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Amherst High sits 27% leaner than that benchmark.

Tomorrow River School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,198 students; Amherst High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Amherst High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Amherst High records 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. An estimated 22% of students are eligible 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 somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Amherst High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.5%.

Around the school, census data for Portage County shows median household earnings sit near $76,070, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Portage County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,217 students), Amherst High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Amherst Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Amherst High. On composite proficiency, Amherst High comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 59.9%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Amherst High's enrollment has ticked up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 339 (now 349). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.