Parkview High

Parkview High operates as a very small high school in Orfordville, Wisconsin, run under Parkview School District. Current enrollment sits at 187 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 61% smaller than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 475 students.

Within Parkview School District, which oversees 4 schools and 837 students, Parkview High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Parkview High logs that nearly all students (92%) are White. The remainder looks like 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Rock County (around 47%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Parkview High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.6%; this one delivers 56.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Rock County put the typical household earns roughly $75,673 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Parkview High is one of 65 public schools in Rock County (combined enrollment of about 25,542 students).

The closest other public school is Parkview Junior High, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Parkview High comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Parkview High has decreased 21%, going from 236 students in 2018 to 187 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.