Barron High

Barron High is a four-year high school of small scale in Barron, Wisconsin, run under Barron Area School District, serveing 310 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Barron High sits 35% leaner than that benchmark.

Barron Area School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,073 students. Barron High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Barron High shows that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 10% Black, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 92% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Barron High logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Barron High tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Barron High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.1%, the actual is 47.6%, a residual of -1.6 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Barron County put median household income runs about $65,933, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Barron County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,199 students), Barron High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Advanced Learning Academy of Wisconsin, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Barron High at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 54.1%.

Barron High operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 18%: 378 students in 2018 compared to 310 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 15% to 10% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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