Ripon High

Ripon High is a secondary school of moderately sized scale in Ripon, Wisconsin, run under Ripon Area School District, works with 426 students in grades 9 through 12.

Across the 7 schools in Ripon Area School District (1,862 students total), Ripon High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ripon High records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school shows 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Fond du Lac County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Fond du Lac County's rate of about 41%.

After controlling for student poverty, Ripon High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.8%; this one delivers 50.7%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Fond du Lac County shows median household income runs about $74,275, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Fond du Lac County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,230 students), of which Ripon High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ripon Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ripon High comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 63.6%.

Ripon High operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Ripon High's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 470 (now 426). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.