Chilton High

As a low-enrollment high school in Chilton, Wisconsin, Chilton High serves 380 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Chilton School District.

Chilton School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,037 students; Chilton High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Chilton High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%); the rest comes out to 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Chilton High has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. Roughly 30% of students at Chilton High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chilton High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.5%.

Across the wider county, Calumet County reports that median household earnings sit near $88,810, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Calumet County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,846 students), Chilton High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Chilton Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chilton High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 53.7%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Chilton High's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 388 (now 380). The White share of enrollment decreased from 91% to 83% over that span.

On the community side, members of the Chilton High community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.