Colby High

Colby High, a small four-year high school in Colby, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Colby School District, instructs 306 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Colby High sits 36% below that benchmark.

Colby School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 901 students. Colby High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Colby High records that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 35% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Colby High higher than the state norm the norm. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Colby High is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 46.0%; Colby High posts 22.4%, -23.6 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Clark County put median household income runs about $67,400, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clark County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,522 students), of which Colby High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Colby Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Colby High comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 44.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 9%: 281 students in 2018 compared to 306 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 19% to 35% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.