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Lodi High
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Lodi High
Lodi High is one of the middle-of-the-pack high schools in Lodi, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Lodi School District, with 444 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.
Within Lodi School District, which oversees 5 schools and 1,461 students, Lodi High is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Lodi High records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder comes out to 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Columbia County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, Lodi High reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Columbia County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lodi High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.0%.
In the surrounding community, Columbia County reports that median household earnings sit near $85,351, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Columbia County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,498 students), Lodi High is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Lodi Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lodi High at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 65.1%.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Lodi High's enrollment has decreased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 499 (now 444). Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.
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