Kaukauna High

Located at 1701 County Road CE, in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, Kaukauna High is a heavily attended 9-12 campus that caters to 1,210 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Kaukauna Area School District. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 155% above typical.

Within Kaukauna Area School District, which oversees 7 schools and 4,044 students, Kaukauna High is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Kaukauna High records that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Outagamie County's rate of about 32%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kaukauna High is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 64.3%; Kaukauna High posts 42.5%, -21.9 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Outagamie County shows median household income runs about $85,069, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Outagamie County's 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,330 students), Kaukauna High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Quinney Elementary, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kaukauna High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kaukauna High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 69.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kaukauna High has increased 4%, going from 1,164 students in 2018 to 1,210 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Kaukauna High typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.