Oconomowoc High

As a big high school in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, Oconomowoc High hosts 1,591 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Oconomowoc Area School District. Enrollment runs roughly 235% larger than the state mean of about 475.

Within Oconomowoc Area School District, which oversees 8 schools and 4,928 students, Oconomowoc High is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Oconomowoc High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). The remainder comes out to 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Waukesha County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 98 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. Around 16% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Oconomowoc High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 67.7%; actual is 52.7%, a gap of -15.0 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Waukesha County put the typical household earns roughly $106,076 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Waukesha County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), of which Oconomowoc High is one.

Park Lawn Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Oconomowoc High at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 74.9%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oconomowoc High has edged down 7%, going from 1,709 students in 2018 to 1,591 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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