KM Global Sch

KM Global Sch is a four-year high school of one-room-style scale in Wales, Wisconsin, operated by Kettle Moraine School District, works with 71 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 85% below the state mean of about 475.

KM Global Sch is one of 12 schools operated by Kettle Moraine School District, a district that serves 3,361 students overall.

On the student-mix side, KM Global Sch shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, KM Global Sch has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. About 7% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Waukesha County's rate of about 17%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KM Global Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.3%, the actual is 81.3%, a residual of +7.9 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Waukesha County put the typical household earns roughly $106,076 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Waukesha County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), KM Global Sch is one campus in the mix.

KM Connect is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KM Global Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KM Global Sch at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 67.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area. As a public charter, KM Global Sch runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 90 students in 2018 compared to 71 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

On this page, members of the KM Global Sch community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.