Elkhorn Area High

Elkhorn Area High is a public large high school in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. It enrolled 953 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, high schools in Wisconsin average about 475 students each.

In Elkhorn Area School District, 7 schools enroll a combined 3,515 students.

Elkhorn Area High's enrollment is 79% White. Other groups include 17% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Elkhorn Area High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.

The school employs the equivalent of 63.7 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.0:1. Across high schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is about 14.6:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 29%. On average, public schools in Walworth County report 37%.

After adjusting for student poverty, Elkhorn Area High lands between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 62.2%; the prediction is 60.1%.

Walworth County has about 105,657 residents, and median household income is about $80,520, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 46 public schools in Walworth County, with a combined enrollment of about 14,383.

The closest other public school is Jackson Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Elkhorn Area High is behind the 69.3% nearby average, ranking 6th of 7.

In the federal locale system, Elkhorn Area High is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Compared with 2020-21, when it had 975 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 953. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.0:1) than in 2020-21 (16.0:1).

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