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Badger High
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Badger High
Badger High is a big senior high in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, run under Lake Geneva-Genoa City UHS School District. The school enrolls 1,240 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 161% above the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 475 students.
Lake Geneva-Genoa City UHS School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,271 students. Badger High is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Badger High logs that 70% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 26% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 27% of students at Badger High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Walworth County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Badger High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.0%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Walworth County) shows that median household earnings sit near $80,520, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Walworth County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,383 students), of which Badger High is one.
New Visions Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Badger High comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 65.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 1,440 students in 2018 compared to 1,240 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 20% to 26% over that span.
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