Augusta High

Augusta High is an one-room-style four-year high school in Augusta, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Augusta School District. The school instructs 144 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 70% smaller than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 475 students.

Augusta High is one of 4 schools operated by Augusta School District, a district that caters to 540 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Augusta High logs that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Eau Claire County's rate of about 37%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Augusta High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.8%; this one delivers 38.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Eau Claire County) records that median household income runs about $74,546, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Eau Claire County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,002 students), Augusta High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Augusta Middle, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Augusta High at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.8%.

Augusta High operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 151 students in 2018 compared to 144 in 2025. The White share of enrollment grew from 85% to 92% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 today.

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