Pepin High

Pepin High is one of the micro-enrollment secondary schools in Pepin, Wisconsin, operated by Pepin Area School District, with 110 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 77% leaner than typical.

Pepin Area School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 225 students; Pepin High is among them.

Demographically, Pepin High shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 5% Hispanic. Compared to Pepin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Pepin High records 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Pepin County's rate of about 35%.

After controlling for student poverty, Pepin High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Pepin County indicate median household income runs about $75,256, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Pepin High is one of 5 public schools in Pepin County (combined enrollment of about 1,219 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pepin Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pepin High at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 47.3%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 33%: 83 students in 2018 compared to 110 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 100% to 95% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 8.0:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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