Edgar High

At 203 E Birch St in Edgar, Wisconsin, Edgar High operates as a small high school. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 193 students. The average for high schools in Wisconsin is about 475 students, so this school is 59% smaller than average.

Edgar High is among 3 schools run by Edgar School District, which serves 568 students.

Federal enrollment data show Edgar High is 95% White. It is also 3% Hispanic. Marathon County's residents are about 87% White, 8 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 9% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Edgar High's 15.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.5:1. On average, high schools in Wisconsin have 14.6:1, compared with 12.5:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 28%. The rate at public schools in Marathon County averages 37%, higher than here.

Compared with Wisconsin schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Edgar High's results are 12.7 points below predicted: 47.8% against 60.5%.

Across Marathon County, the median household income is $77,884, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Marathon County is home to 52 public schools and about 18,592 public school students.

The closest public school, Edgar Middle, is less than a tenth of a mile from Edgar High. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Edgar High ranks 9th on average proficiency.

Under the NCES locale system, Edgar High is Rural: Distant.

Over 4 years, Edgar High's enrollment climbed 10%, to 193. The number of students per teacher rose from 10.3 to 12.5 over 4 years.

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