Marshfield High

Set in Marshfield, Wisconsin, Marshfield High is an expansive 9-12 campus, overseen by Marshfield Unified School District. It teaches 1,181 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Marshfield High sits 149% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Marshfield Unified School District, which oversees 8 schools and 3,553 students, Marshfield High is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Marshfield High reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Beyond that, the school logs 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Marshfield High has 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Wood County (around 43%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Marshfield High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.5%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Wood County put median household earnings sit near $67,989, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Wood County runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,849 students), of which Marshfield High is one.

Madison Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 6 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), Marshfield High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 64.1%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Marshfield High's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 1,189 (now 1,181).

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.