John Edwards High

Located at 801 2nd St, in Port Edwards, Wisconsin, John Edwards High is a rural-scale 9-12 campus that caters to 144 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Port Edwards School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so John Edwards High sits 70% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Port Edwards School District, which oversees 3 schools and 435 students, John Edwards High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, John Edwards High shows that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% Native American, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting John Edwards High tighter than the state norm the norm. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, John Edwards High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.8%, the actual is 56.8%, a residual of +9.0 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Wood County shows the typical household earns roughly $67,989 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. John Edwards High is one of 32 public schools in Wood County (combined enrollment of about 10,849 students).

Nearest neighbor: John Edwards Middle, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, John Edwards High comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 46.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. John Edwards High's enrollment has climbed 26% since 2018, when it stood at 114 (now 144).

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