Denmark High

Denmark High is one of the average-sized four-year high schools in Denmark, Wisconsin, operated by Denmark School District, with 479 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Denmark School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,827 students. Denmark High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Denmark High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Brown County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Denmark High is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 69.1%; Denmark High posts 46.1%, -23.0 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Brown County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,649 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Denmark High is one of 86 public schools in Brown County (combined enrollment of about 42,385 students).

Nearest neighbor: Denmark Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Denmark High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Denmark High at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Denmark High has ticked up 7%, going from 448 students in 2018 to 479 in 2025.

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