Enrollment
168
High
DISTRICT 191 · STATE 475
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELMONT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550102000135
Belmont High
646 E Liberty St, Belmont, WI 53510 · (608) 762-5131 · Lafayette County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL168 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Wisconsin public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public high schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 14.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
56 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 34 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 30 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 32 | 19% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Belmont Community School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.8% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.7% | 57.7% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Belmont High
Belmont High's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont High this school | 168 | 33.3% | 58.3% |
| Hustisford High Hustisford | 158 | 32.9% | 57.0% |
| Palmyra-Eagle High Palmyra | 165 | 32.7% | 45.0% |
| Coleman High Coleman | 212 | 32.1% | 68.7% |
| Clear Lake High Clear Lake | 189 | 33.9% | 46.4% |
| Crivitz High Crivitz | 209 | 34.4% | 51.4% |
Matched among Wisconsin high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Belmont High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Lafayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #71 of 402 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #27 of 64 ▼ 14 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #8 of 64 ▼ 1 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 168 | #352 of 532 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.3% | #217 of 418 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
168
+3 (+2%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 134
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 168 | 15.5 | 10.9:1 | 33% (56) |
| 2023-24 | 163 | 15.3 | 10.6:1 | 33% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 177 | 14 | 12.7:1 | 31% (54) |
| 2020-21 | 165 | 15 | 11.0:1 | 27% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 194 | 16.3 | 11.9:1 | 36% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 171 | 14 | 12.2:1 | 36% (61) |
| 2010-11 | 150 | 14 | 10.7:1 | 30% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 211 | 18 | 11.7:1 | 16% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 134 | 17 | 7.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belmont High.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (194 to 168); teachers down 5% (16.3 to 15.5).
About Belmont High
The public high school Belmont High is located in Belmont, Wisconsin. Enrollment stands at 168 students, covering grades 7 through 12. It has 65% fewer students than the average for high schools in Wisconsin (about 475).
Belmont Community School District oversees Belmont High and 1 other school, with 381 students in total.
The share of White students at Belmont High is 88%. Enrollment also includes 9% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. In Lafayette County overall, the White share is about 91%. The diversity index for Belmont High is 23%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Belmont High, there are about 10.9 students; the school has 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Wisconsin is 14.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 56 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 33% of enrollment. It compares with 42% for public schools in Lafayette County.
On the allk12 Grade, Belmont High lands at A-, ahead of 81% of Wisconsin public high schools.
Belmont High is 1.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (58.3% versus 57.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lafayette County show that the median household earns about $76,462 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Lafayette County has 17 public schools with about 2,658 students, including Belmont High.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Belmont Elementary, is the closest to Belmont High. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. The school's 58.3% average proficiency ranks 5th among 8 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Belmont High the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment went from 165 in 2020-21 to 168 in 2024-25, a change of 3 students.
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Lafayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,942
Census ACS
Median income
$76,462
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
2,658 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Belmont Community School District
- Belmont ElementaryElementary · 213 students
Other Belmont High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Belmont High. Belmont High is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Belmont HighBelmont, MA · 1,454 students
- Belmont High SchoolDayton, OH · 1,153 students
- Belmont High SchoolBelmont, NH · 361 students
Nearby schools
- Belmont Elementary0.0 mi · 213
- Platteville High7.0 mi · 479
- Neal Wilkins Early Learning Center7.1 mi · 205
- Platteville Middle7.5 mi · 417
- Westview Elementary8.5 mi · 443
- Mineral Point High10.7 mi · 253
Frequently asked questions
About Belmont HighWhat is the total enrollment at Belmont High?
Belmont High enrolls approximately 168 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Belmont High serve?
Belmont High serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Belmont High?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at Belmont High.
How diverse is Belmont High?
Belmont High reports a student body of 88% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Belmont High?
Belmont High is overseen by Belmont Community School District in Lafayette County.
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