Drummond High

Drummond High operates as a minimally staffed 9-12 campus in Drummond, Wisconsin, part of Drummond Area School District. Current enrollment sits at 92 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 81% leaner than typical.

Within Drummond Area School District, which oversees 3 schools and 301 students, Drummond High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Drummond High shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 5% Native American, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Bayfield County as a whole.

On the resource side, Drummond High records 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.6:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bayfield County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Drummond High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 59.0%; actual is 40.5%, a gap of -18.5 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bayfield County put median household income runs about $71,151, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Drummond High is one of 12 public schools in Bayfield County (combined enrollment of about 1,540 students).

Drummond Junior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Drummond High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 52.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Drummond High has ticked down 20%, going from 115 students in 2018 to 92 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 83% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

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