Enrollment
163
High
DISTRICT 164 · STATE 475
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMBRIA-FRIESLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550207000250
Cambria Friesland Middle/High
410 E Edgewater St, Cambria, WI 53923 · (920) 348-5548 · Columbia County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL163 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Wisconsin public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
10.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 14.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
54 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 6 | 17 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 29 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 28 | 17% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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 Cambria-Friesland School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
51.1%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.7% | 51.1% |
| 2023-24 | 49.1% | 52.8% |
% 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% 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 Cambria Friesland Middle/High
Cambria Friesland Middle/High's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambria Friesland Middle/High this school | 163 | 33.1% | 49.1% |
| Hilbert High Hilbert | 157 | 33.8% | 43.7% |
| Palmyra-Eagle High Palmyra | 165 | 32.7% | 45.0% |
| Gibraltar High Fish Creek | 175 | 28.6% | 71.8% |
| Markesan High Markesan | 244 | 34.4% | 56.6% |
| Belmont High Belmont | 168 | 33.3% | 58.3% |
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 Cambria Friesland Middle/High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #180 of 402 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #26 of 64 ▼ 4 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #34 of 64 ▼ 9 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 163 | #358 of 532 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.1% | #222 of 418 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #33 of 203 | #2 of 6 |
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
163
-18 (-10%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 135
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 9.5:1
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 | 163 | 15.7 | 10.4:1 | 33% (54) |
| 2023-24 | 160 | 14 | 11.4:1 | 31% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 162 | 17.7 | 9.2:1 | 31% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 181 | 19 | 9.5:1 | 14% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 205 | 19.4 | 10.6:1 | 47% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 215 | 15 | 14.3:1 | 48% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 216 | 16 | 13.5:1 | 44% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 161 | 8 | 20.1:1 | 19% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 135 | 15 | 9.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cambria Friesland Middle/High.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (205 to 163); teachers down 19% (19.4 to 15.7).
About Cambria Friesland Middle/High
Cambria Friesland Middle/High is a small high school located in Cambria, Wisconsin. Classes run from 6 through 12, and the school has 163 students. Against the 475-student average for high schools in Wisconsin, enrollment here is 66% lower.
Cambria-Friesland School District is made up of 2 schools with 328 students in all.
Cambria Friesland Middle/High's enrollment is 79% White. The remaining shares are 16% Hispanic and 4% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Columbia County's population at about 91%. Cambria Friesland Middle/High has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 10.4:1 comes from the school's 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 14.6:1 average for high schools in Wisconsin is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 33% of students at Cambria Friesland Middle/High as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 32% average for public schools in Columbia County.
allk12 grades Cambria Friesland Middle/High a C+. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Cambria Friesland Middle/High, the prediction is 57.3% and the result is 49.1%.
Cambria Friesland Middle/High is located in Columbia County, where median household income is about $85,351, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 31 public schools in Columbia County, with a combined enrollment of about 8,498.
Nearest public school: Cambria Friesland Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Cambria Friesland Middle/High ranks 7th of 9 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Cambria Friesland Middle/High is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Cambria Friesland Middle/High saw enrollment fall 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
58,272
Census ACS
Median income
$85,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
8,498 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cambria-Friesland School District
- Cambria Friesland ElementaryElementary · 165 students
Nearby schools
- Cambria Friesland Elementary0.0 mi · 165
- Randolph High5.2 mi · 161
- Randolph Elementary5.2 mi · 195
- Randolph Middle School5.2 mi · 117
- Rio Middle/High9.6 mi · 183
- Pardeeville High9.6 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About Cambria Friesland Middle/HighWhat is the total enrollment at Cambria Friesland Middle/High?
Cambria Friesland Middle/High enrolls approximately 163 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Cambria Friesland Middle/High serve?
Cambria Friesland Middle/High serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Cambria Friesland Middle/High?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Cambria Friesland Middle/High.
How diverse is Cambria Friesland Middle/High?
Cambria Friesland Middle/High reports a student body of 79% White, 16% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Cambria Friesland Middle/High in?
Cambria Friesland Middle/High is part of Cambria-Friesland School District.
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