Southern Door High

As an intimate high school in Brussels, Wisconsin, Southern Door High enrolls 304 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Southern Door County School District. Enrollment runs roughly 36% below the state mean of about 475.

Within Southern Door County School District, which oversees 3 schools and 991 students, Southern Door High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Southern Door High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Beyond that, the school reports 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Southern Door High has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 28% of students at Southern Door High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Southern Door High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.7%, the actual is 60.5%, a residual of -0.2 points.

In the broader community, Door County reports that median household income runs about $74,795, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Door County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,203 students), Southern Door High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Southern Door Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Southern Door High comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 59.6%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Southern Door High's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 307 (now 304). White enrollment moved from 96% to 88% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.