Little Wolf High

Set in Manawa, Wisconsin, Little Wolf High is a small senior high, operated by Manawa School District. It instructs 195 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 59% below the state mean of about 475.

Within Manawa School District, which oversees 3 schools and 528 students, Little Wolf High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Little Wolf High lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Waupaca County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Waupaca County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Little Wolf High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.5%.

Zooming out to the county, Waupaca County reports that median household income runs about $72,830, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Little Wolf High is one of 26 public schools in Waupaca County (combined enrollment of about 7,466 students).

Manawa Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Little Wolf High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Little Wolf High at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 57.7%.

Little Wolf High operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 42%: 339 students in 2018 compared to 195 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.