La Farge High

La Farge High is one of the tiny senior highs in La Farge, Wisconsin, overseen by La Farge School District, with 66 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 86% below the state mean of about 475.

La Farge School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 262 students. La Farge High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, La Farge High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school shows 6% Black, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school reports having 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.5:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Vernon County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, La Farge High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Vernon County put median household earnings sit near $71,893, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Vernon County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,669 students), La Farge High is one campus in the mix.

La Farge Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), La Farge High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.3%.

La Farge High operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. La Farge High's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 64 (now 66). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 94% to 89%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 7.6:1 in 2018 to 6.5:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.