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Superior High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
2600 Catlin Ave
Superior, WI 54880
Phone
(715) 394-8720
District
Superior School District
County
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1290
Classroom Teachers
92

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Wisconsin

5

(10 is best)

Better than 44.6% of all WI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Superior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
42%
44%
48%
45%
35%
42%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 307 23.8%
Grade 10 371 28.8%
Grade 11 304 23.6%
Grade 12 308 23.9%
Total 1290 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 92.6% 90.9% 70.0%
Black 1.8% 2.3% 9.3%
Hispanic 3.3% 3.9% 14.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.1% 0.9% 4.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.3% 2.0% 1.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 41.4% 47.0% 41.1%
Free lunch eligible 34.7% 40.1% 36.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.7% 6.9% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 33,331 5,910,955
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 85.0 108
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.5% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.5% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.9% 31.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.8% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 18.3% 18.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 14,425 2,446,028
Single Parent Households With Children 8.1% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.4% 93.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 27.6% 32.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 12.8% 17.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.1% 18.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.1% 14.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.8% 17.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.0% 14.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.0% 10.2%
$15,000 or less 9.4% 7.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,226 $33,094,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $870 $3,499,000 5.1%
Staff $1,053 $4,235,000 6.2%
General Administration $349 $1,403,000 2.1%
School Administration $877 $3,528,000 5.2%
Operation $1,337 $5,378,000 7.9%
Transportation $685 $2,754,000 4.0%
Other $1,153 $4,637,000 6.8%
Total Support $6,322 $25,434,000 37.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,378 $9,567,000 14.0%
Total Expenditures $16,926 $68,095,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,396 $6,839,279,000 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $819 $667,292,000 4.6%
Staff $911 $742,104,000 5.2%
General Administration $322 $262,293,000 1.8%
School Administration $734 $597,863,000 4.2%
Operation $1,482 $1,207,516,000 8.4%
Transportation $582 $473,921,000 3.3%
Other $801 $652,183,000 4.5%
Total Support $5,651 $4,603,172,000 32.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,628 $2,954,814,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $17,675 $14,397,265,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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