Three Lakes High
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Three Lakes High
Set in Three Lakes, Wisconsin, Three Lakes High is a minimally staffed senior high, one of the schools within Three Lakes School District. It enrolls 156 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 67% smaller than the state mean of about 475.
Across the 4 schools in Three Lakes School District (500 students total), Three Lakes High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, Three Lakes High records that nearly all students (94%) are White. That composition is broadly in line with Oneida County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Oneida County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Three Lakes High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.2%; this one delivers 53.5%.
In the broader community, census data for Oneida County shows median household earnings sit near $69,371, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Oneida County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,949 students), Three Lakes High is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Three Lakes Junior High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Three Lakes High comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Three Lakes High has edged up 5%, going from 148 students in 2018 to 156 in 2025.
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- Three Lakes Elementary0.0 mi · 160
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