Lakeland High

As a reasonably sized senior high in Minocqua, Wisconsin, Lakeland High enrolls 696 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Lakeland UHS School District. That puts it 47% above the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 475 students.

Across the 2 schools in Lakeland UHS School District (717 students total), Lakeland High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Lakeland High records that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 26% Native American, 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Oneida County as a whole is about 94% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lakeland High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.3%, the actual is 42.5%, a residual of -8.8 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Oneida County) reports that median household income runs about $69,371, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Oneida County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,949 students), of which Lakeland High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lakeland STAR Acad (LSA), around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lakeland High comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 59.9%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 698 students in 2018 compared to 696 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, 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.