Owen-Withee High

Owen-Withee High operates as a minimally staffed four-year high school in Owen, Wisconsin, operated by Owen-Withee School District. Current enrollment sits at 139 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 71% smaller than typical.

Owen-Withee High is one of 3 schools operated by Owen-Withee School District, a district that enrolls 472 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Owen-Withee High shows that nearly all students (81%) are White. Other groups include 12% Hispanic. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Owen-Withee High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.1%; this one delivers 41.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate median household income runs about $67,400, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Clark County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,522 students), of which Owen-Withee High is one.

The closest other public school is Owen-Withee Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Owen-Withee High. On composite proficiency, Owen-Withee High comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 44.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Owen-Withee High's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 151 (now 139). White enrollment moved from 94% to 81% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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