West High

West High is one of the sprawling four-year high schools in Waukesha, Wisconsin, operated by Waukesha School District, with 1,167 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 146% bigger than typical.

Waukesha School District runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 10,922 students. West High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, West High logs that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

In terms of school funding signals, West High logs 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, West High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Waukesha County indicate median household income runs about $106,076, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Waukesha County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), of which West High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Rose Glen Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, West High comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 60.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 1,172 students in 2018 compared to 1,167 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 83% to 74% over that span.

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