Ashland High

Set in Ashland, Wisconsin, Ashland High is a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school, one of the schools within Ashland School District. It instructs 589 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 24% larger than typical.

Ashland High is one of 4 schools operated by Ashland School District, a district that educates 1,759 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Ashland High shows that White students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder comes out to 19% Native American, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Ashland High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 44.4%; actual is 28.5%, a gap of -15.9 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Ashland County) reports that median household earnings sit near $62,462, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Ashland High is one of 11 public schools in Ashland County (combined enrollment of about 2,352 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lake Superior Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Ashland High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ashland High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 50.2%.

Ashland High operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ashland High's enrollment has decreased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 660 (now 589). White enrollment moved from 72% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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