Portage Academy of Achievement

Portage Academy of Achievement is a 9-12 campus of rural-scale scale in Portage, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Portage Community School District, serveing 24 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Portage Academy of Achievement sits 95% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Portage Community School District, which oversees 8 schools and 1,956 students, Portage Academy of Achievement is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Portage Academy of Achievement lists that nearly all students (88%) are White; the rest comes out to 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Portage Academy of Achievement reports 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Portage Academy of Achievement higher than the state norm the norm. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Columbia County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, Columbia County reports that median household earnings sit near $85,351, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Portage Academy of Achievement is one of 31 public schools in Columbia County (combined enrollment of about 8,498 students).

Nearest neighbor: Wayne Bartels Middle, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Portage Academy of Achievement has fell 8%, going from 26 students in 2018 to 24 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 88% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.0:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 today.

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