West High

West High, a sizable high school in West Bend, Wisconsin, overseen by West Bend School District, enrolls 1,085 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 128% above typical.

West Bend School District comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 5,365 students; West High is among them.

On demographics, West High lists that nearly all students (84%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, West High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 61.8%; actual is 43.7%, a gap of -18.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Washington County put median household earnings sit near $96,359, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. West High is one of 34 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 17,746 students).

The closest other public school is East High, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, West High comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 62.9%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West High has decreased 9%, going from 1,196 students in 2018 to 1,085 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 89% to 84%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.

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