New Auburn High

Set in New Auburn, Wisconsin, New Auburn High is an one-room-style 9-12 campus, overseen by New Auburn School District. It serves 99 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so New Auburn High sits 79% smaller than that benchmark.

New Auburn High is one of 3 schools operated by New Auburn School District, a district that hosts 280 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, New Auburn High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Other groups include 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, New Auburn High has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. The state averages about 14.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 3% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Barron County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, New Auburn High is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 75.8%; New Auburn High posts 46.3%, -29.5 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Barron County) records that the typical household earns roughly $65,933 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. New Auburn High is one of 36 public schools in Barron County (combined enrollment of about 7,199 students).

Nearest neighbor: New Auburn Middle, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around New Auburn High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts New Auburn High at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 51.0%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Auburn High has declined 33%, going from 147 students in 2018 to 99 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the New Auburn High community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.