Germantown High

Germantown High is a high school of sprawling scale in Germantown, Wisconsin, part of Germantown School District, educateing 1,288 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Germantown High sits 171% larger than that benchmark.

Within Germantown School District, which oversees 6 schools and 3,835 students, Germantown High is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Germantown High shows that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 6% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Germantown High has 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Washington County's rate of about 23%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Germantown High is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 69.7%; Germantown High posts 53.1%, -16.6 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, Washington County reports that the typical household earns roughly $96,359 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Washington County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,746 students), of which Germantown High is one.

Kennedy Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Germantown High at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 69.1%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 6%: 1,370 students in 2018 compared to 1,288 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Germantown High community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.