New Holstein High

New Holstein High, an intimate high school in New Holstein, Wisconsin, part of New Holstein School District, caters to 309 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 35% below typical.

New Holstein School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 981 students; New Holstein High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, New Holstein High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school reports 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Calumet County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, New Holstein High has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages about 14.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Calumet County (around 30%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, New Holstein High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.9%; this one delivers 54.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Calumet County indicate median household income runs about $88,810, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Calumet County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,846 students), of which New Holstein High is one.

Nearest neighbor: New Holstein Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around New Holstein High. On composite proficiency, New Holstein High comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 58.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Holstein High has contracted 16%, going from 367 students in 2018 to 309 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 9% across the same window.

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