Southwest High

Southwest High operates as a sizable secondary school in Green Bay, Wisconsin, operated by Green Bay Area Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 1,025 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 116% larger than typical.

Green Bay Area Public School District comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 18,722 students; Southwest High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Southwest High records that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Black, 7% Native American. By comparison, Brown County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Southwest High has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. The state averages about 14.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 48% of students at Southwest High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Brown County (around 39%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Southwest High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.3%, the actual is 36.8%, a residual of -11.5 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Brown County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $79,649 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Brown County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,385 students), of which Southwest High is one.

MacArthur Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 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), Southwest High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 46.9%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southwest High has shrank 14%, going from 1,191 students in 2018 to 1,025 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 47% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Southwest High typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.