Peshtigo High

Set in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Peshtigo High is a modestly sized four-year high school, run under Peshtigo School District. It serves 330 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Peshtigo High sits 31% smaller than that benchmark.

Peshtigo School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,061 students. Peshtigo High is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Peshtigo High logs that nearly all students (92%) are White; the rest consists of 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Marinette County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Peshtigo High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 30% of students at Peshtigo High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Marinette County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Peshtigo High is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 59.4%; Peshtigo High posts 37.2%, -22.2 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Marinette County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,809 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Marinette County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,654 students), Peshtigo High is one campus in the mix.

Peshtigo Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Peshtigo High comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 42.6%.

Peshtigo High operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Peshtigo High has fell 10%, going from 366 students in 2018 to 330 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 96% to 92% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.