Tri-County High

Tri-County High operates as a rural-scale 9-12 campus in Plainfield, Wisconsin, operated by Tri-County Area School District. Current enrollment sits at 180 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 62% below typical.

Tri-County High is one of 3 schools operated by Tri-County Area School District, a district that hosts 579 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tri-County High shows that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 28% Hispanic, 2% Asian. By comparison, Waushara County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Tri-County High shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 57% of students are eligible 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), Tri-County High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.9%; this one delivers 28.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Waushara County shows median household earnings sit near $67,107, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Waushara County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,542 students), of which Tri-County High is one.

Tri-County Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Tri-County High comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 46.9%.

Tri-County High operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Tri-County High's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 169 (now 180). The White share of enrollment shrank from 76% to 67% over that span.

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