Nicolet High

Nicolet High is one of the sprawling four-year high schools in Glendale, Wisconsin, part of Nicolet Union High School School District, with 1,043 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 120% above the state mean of about 475.

Nicolet High is a school of Nicolet Union High School School District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Nicolet High lists that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 23% Black, 9% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 5% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Milwaukee County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Nicolet High has 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Milwaukee County (around 64%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Nicolet High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.8%, the actual is 52.1%, a residual of -13.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Milwaukee County indicate median household earnings sit near $64,435, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Nicolet High is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

Nearest neighbor: Stormonth Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Nicolet High comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 47.0%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Nicolet High's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,098 (now 1,043). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 61% to 53%.

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