Chequamegon High

Set in Park Falls, Wisconsin, Chequamegon High is a low-enrollment secondary school, part of Chequamegon School District. It enrolls 196 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 59% below the state mean of about 475.

Across the 4 schools in Chequamegon School District (639 students total), Chequamegon High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Chequamegon High logs that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 4% Pacific Islander, 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% Native American.

On the resource side, On paper, Chequamegon High has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Chequamegon High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Price County (around 28%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Chequamegon High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Price County) logs that median household income runs about $60,546, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Chequamegon High is one of 9 public schools in Price County (combined enrollment of about 1,464 students).

Park Falls Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chequamegon High at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 53.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 17%: 236 students in 2018 compared to 196 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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