Pulaski High

As a sprawling secondary school in Pulaski, Wisconsin, Pulaski High caters to 1,165 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Pulaski Community School District. Enrollment runs roughly 145% larger than the state mean of about 475.

Across the 7 schools in Pulaski Community School District (3,848 students total), Pulaski High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pulaski High logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 19% of students at Pulaski High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Brown County's rate of about 39%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pulaski High is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 66.2%; Pulaski High posts 51.1%, -15.0 points below that line.

In the broader community, Brown County reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,649 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Brown County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,385 students), of which Pulaski High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Pulaski Community Middle, around 0.3 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pulaski High ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 7%: 1,084 students in 2018 compared to 1,165 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.