Pewaukee High

Pewaukee High, a high-enrollment 9-12 campus in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, overseen by Pewaukee School District, works with 889 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Pewaukee High sits 87% bigger than that benchmark.

Pewaukee High is one of 4 schools operated by Pewaukee School District, a district that caters to 2,907 students overall.

On demographics, Pewaukee High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Other groups include 6% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the resource side, On paper, Pewaukee High has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pewaukee High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Waukesha County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $106,076 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Waukesha County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), Pewaukee High is one campus in the mix.

Asa Clark Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pewaukee High at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 71.2%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pewaukee High has showed little movement, going from 903 students in 2018 to 889 in 2025.

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