Black River Falls High

Located at 166 Tiger Lane, in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, Black River Falls High is a reasonably sized senior high that caters to 500 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Black River Falls School District.

Across the 4 schools in Black River Falls School District (1,552 students total), Black River Falls High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Black River Falls High logs that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 19% Native American, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Black River Falls High higher than the state norm the norm. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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), Black River Falls High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.1%, the actual is 39.5%, a residual of -7.5 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household income runs about $68,110, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jackson County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,867 students), of which Black River Falls High is one.

Black River Falls Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Black River Falls High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Black River Falls High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 47.1%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 512 students in 2018 compared to 500 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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