Gibraltar High

Gibraltar High is a senior high of one-room-style scale in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, operated by Gibraltar Area School District, caters to 175 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 63% smaller than the state mean of about 475.

Across the 3 schools in Gibraltar Area School District (532 students total), Gibraltar High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Gibraltar High lists that White students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

In terms of school funding signals, Gibraltar High lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Gibraltar High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 29% of students at Gibraltar High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Gibraltar High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.8%.

In the broader community, Door County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,795 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Door County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,203 students), of which Gibraltar High is one.

Gibraltar Elementary 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 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gibraltar High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 74.2%.

Gibraltar High operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gibraltar High has changed only slightly, going from 178 students in 2018 to 175 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 89% to 79% over that span.

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