Kickapoo High

Kickapoo High is a senior high of low-enrollment scale in Viola, Wisconsin, run under Kickapoo Area School District, teacheing 260 students in grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 45% smaller than the state mean of about 475.

Kickapoo Area School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 464 students. Kickapoo High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kickapoo High shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Kickapoo High logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Kickapoo High tighter than the state norm the norm. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Kickapoo High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.9%; this one delivers 52.8%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Vernon County put median household income runs about $71,893, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Vernon County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,669 students), of which Kickapoo High is one.

The closest other public school is Kickapoo Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Kickapoo High comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 303 students in 2018 compared to 260 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.