West High

Located at 966 Shawano Ave, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, West High is an expansive high school that teaches 777 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Green Bay Area Public School District. That puts it 64% larger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 475 students.

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

Looking at the student body, West High records that the largest single group is White at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 29% Hispanic, 15% Black, 9% Asian, 9% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Brown County's rate of about 39%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, West High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.5%, the actual is 24.2%, a residual of -13.3 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Brown County put median household income runs about $79,649, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Brown County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,385 students), of which West High is one.

The closest other public school is Katherine Johnson Academy of Enriched Virtual Learning, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around West High. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West High has fell 9%, going from 858 students in 2018 to 777 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 34% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for West High typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.