Iola-Scandinavia High

Iola-Scandinavia High is a low-enrollment 9-12 campus in Iola, Wisconsin, part of Iola-Scandinavia School District. The school educates 284 students in grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 40% below typical.

Within Iola-Scandinavia School District, which oversees 2 schools and 577 students, Iola-Scandinavia High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Iola-Scandinavia High records that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Waupaca County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Waupaca County (around 43%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Iola-Scandinavia High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.0%; this one delivers 49.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Waupaca County indicate median household income runs about $72,830, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Iola-Scandinavia High is one of 26 public schools in Waupaca County (combined enrollment of about 7,466 students).

Iola-Scandinavia Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Iola-Scandinavia High comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 61.1%.

Iola-Scandinavia High operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 305 students in 2018 compared to 284 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 97% to 90%.

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