Cameron High
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Cameron High
Cameron High operates as a compact 9-12 campus in Cameron, Wisconsin, operated by Cameron School District. Current enrollment sits at 279 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 41% below the state mean of about 475.
Within Cameron School District, which oversees 5 schools and 1,202 students, Cameron High is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Cameron High reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Barron County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Barron County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cameron High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.2%; this one delivers 48.1%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Barron County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,933 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Barron County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,199 students), of which Cameron High is one.
The closest other public school is Cameron Academy of Virtual Education, roughly 0.0 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cameron High at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 55.2%.
Cameron High operates from a low-density location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 6%: 263 students in 2018 compared to 279 in 2025.
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