Oostburg High

Located at 410 New York Ave, in Oostburg, Wisconsin, Oostburg High is a compact four-year high school that caters to 328 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Oostburg School District. Enrollment runs roughly 31% smaller than the state mean of about 475.

Oostburg High is one of 3 schools operated by Oostburg School District, a district that serves 1,011 students overall.

Demographically, Oostburg High lists that nearly all students (86%) are White; the rest comes out to 9% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Sheboygan County (around 45%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Oostburg High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.2%, the actual is 72.4%, a residual of +6.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Sheboygan County put median household earnings sit near $73,094, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Sheboygan County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,340 students), of which Oostburg High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Oostburg Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oostburg High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 65.1%.

Oostburg High operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oostburg High has edged up 8%, going from 304 students in 2018 to 328 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 91% to 86%. Class-load math has widened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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