Cornell High

Cornell High operates as a minimally staffed four-year high school in Cornell, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Cornell School District. Current enrollment sits at 100 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 79% smaller than the state mean of about 475.

Across the 3 schools in Cornell School District (392 students total), Cornell High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Cornell High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial, 2% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Chippewa County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. Around 3% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Chippewa County (around 38%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cornell High is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 75.8%; Cornell High posts 45.5%, -30.4 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Chippewa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,680 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Chippewa County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,353 students), of which Cornell High is one.

The closest other public school is Cornell Middle, roughly 0.0 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cornell High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 50.6%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 107 students in 2018 compared to 100 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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.