Poynette High

Poynette High operates as a modestly sized secondary school in Poynette, Wisconsin, operated by Poynette School District. Current enrollment sits at 296 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 38% below typical.

Poynette School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 983 students; Poynette High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Poynette High shows that nearly all students (92%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Columbia County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Columbia County (around 32%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Poynette High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.4%, the actual is 65.7%, a residual of +0.3 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Columbia County shows the typical household earns roughly $85,351 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Poynette High is one of 31 public schools in Columbia County (combined enrollment of about 8,498 students).

Nearest neighbor: Poynette Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Poynette High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 63.1%.

Poynette High operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 327 students in 2018 compared to 296 in 2025.

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