Holmen High

Located at 1001 McHugh Rd, in Holmen, Wisconsin, Holmen High is a big secondary school that serves 1,242 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Holmen School District. Enrollment runs roughly 161% above the state mean of about 475.

Across the 7 schools in Holmen School District (3,787 students total), Holmen High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Holmen High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%); the rest comes out to 10% Asian, 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school reports having 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 25% of students at Holmen High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, La Crosse County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Holmen High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for La Crosse County indicate median household earnings sit near $73,013, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across La Crosse County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,903 students), Holmen High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Holmen Middle, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Holmen High comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 63.5%.

Holmen High operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Holmen High's enrollment has climbed 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,139 (now 1,242). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 88% to 83%. Class-load math has grew: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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