Shorewood High

Shorewood High, a mid-sized four-year high school in Shorewood, Wisconsin, operated by Shorewood School District, caters to 589 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 24% bigger than typical.

Shorewood School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,916 students. Shorewood High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Shorewood High reports that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment; the rest looks like 10% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. The state averages about 14.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Shorewood High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.3%, the actual is 59.6%, a residual of -7.7 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Milwaukee County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $64,435 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Milwaukee County runs 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), of which Shorewood High is one.

New Horizons for Learning is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Shorewood High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.1%.

Shorewood High operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 652 students in 2018 compared to 589 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 18% to 10% across the same window.

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