Black Hawk High

Located at 202 E Center St, in South Wayne, Wisconsin, Black Hawk High is a tiny high school that caters to 96 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Black Hawk School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Black Hawk High sits 80% below that benchmark.

Within Black Hawk School District, which oversees 3 schools and 335 students, Black Hawk High is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Black Hawk High shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%); the rest reads as 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. Roughly 35% of students at Black Hawk High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Black Hawk High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 55.9%; actual is 30.4%, a gap of -25.6 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Lafayette County shows median household income runs about $76,462, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Lafayette County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,658 students), Black Hawk High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Black Hawk Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Black Hawk High at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 60.5%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Black Hawk High's enrollment has contracted 3% since 2018, when it stood at 99 (now 96).

On the community side, members of the Black Hawk High community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.