Stanley-Boyd High

Stanley-Boyd High is a secondary school of close-knit scale in Stanley, Wisconsin, part of Stanley-Boyd Area School District, instructing 341 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 28% leaner than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 475 students.

Across the 4 schools in Stanley-Boyd Area School District (1,069 students total), Stanley-Boyd High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Stanley-Boyd High shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Beyond that, the school lists 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Chippewa County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Stanley-Boyd High has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Stanley-Boyd High tighter than the state norm the norm. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Stanley-Boyd High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.6%, the actual is 53.3%, a residual of -1.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Chippewa County put median household income runs about $74,680, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Chippewa County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,353 students), Stanley-Boyd High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Stanley Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stanley-Boyd High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stanley-Boyd High has rose 13%, going from 302 students in 2018 to 341 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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