Beaver Dam High

Beaver Dam High operates as a well-populated high school in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Beaver Dam Unified School District. Current enrollment sits at 1,031 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 117% larger than typical.

Beaver Dam Unified School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 2,988 students; Beaver Dam High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Beaver Dam High lists that White students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Beaver Dam High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.0%, the actual is 43.1%, a residual of -9.8 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Dodge County put the typical household earns roughly $75,929 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Beaver Dam High is one of 39 public schools in Dodge County (combined enrollment of about 10,450 students).

Lincoln Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Beaver Dam High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 58.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 1,073 students in 2018 compared to 1,031 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 79% to 70% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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