Bowler High

Summary:

Bowler High is a public high school located in Bowler, Wisconsin, serving grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 149 students. The school is part of the Bowler School District, which is ranked 397 out of 428 districts in Wisconsin and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Bowler High has faced some challenges in recent years, with fluctuating graduation rates ranging from 72.0% to 91.6%, and higher dropout rates compared to nearby schools like Shawano High and Clintonville High. The school also has significantly higher chronic absenteeism rates, reaching up to 40.8% in 2021-2022, which is much higher than the nearby Shawano High (25.2%) and Clintonville High (19.0%). Additionally, Bowler High's test scores in various subjects and grade levels are generally lower than the state and district averages.

One potential contributing factor to Bowler High's challenges is the high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 55% to 57.93% in recent years, which is higher than the nearby Shawano High (42.47%), Clintonville High (39.9%), and Wittenberg-Birnamwood High (37.46%). This suggests that Bowler High serves a population with lower socioeconomic status, which can significantly impact student outcomes. However, the school has shown some signs of improvement in recent years, with its ranking among Wisconsin high schools increasing from 414 in 2014-2015 to 330 in 2023-2024, indicating the potential for further progress with the right strategies and support.


Detail:

Public 7-12

 500 S Almon St
       Bowler, WI  54416


(715) 793-4101

District: Bowler School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
330th of 431 Wisconsin High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $18,312 Help


Feeder schools for Bowler High:

Elementary:    Bowler Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  7.5 Help
Number of students:  136

Racial breakdown:

White:
42.6%
American Indian:
33.8%
Two or more races:
11.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  61% Help


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Compare Details Bowler High ranks worse than 78.3% of middle schools in Wisconsin. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 28.24. (See more...)
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Compare Details Bowler High ranks worse than 76.6% of high schools in Wisconsin. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 28.67. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Bowler High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (42.6%), American Indian (33.8%), two or more races (11.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 61% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Bowler High is 7.5. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Bowler High is $18,312.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Bowler High:

SchoolDigger ranks Bowler High 502nd of 641 Wisconsin public middle schools. (See Bowler High in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Bowler High 330th of 431 Wisconsin public high schools. (See Bowler High in the ranking list.)

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Bowler School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Bowler School District 397th of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Bowler High

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Rank History for all middle school students at Bowler High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 59.73 172nd 324 46.9%
2005 44.34 244th 332 26.5%
2007 50.82 255th 366 30.3%
2008 50.60 347th 519 33.1%
2009 37.81 425th 521 18.4%
2010 48.40 368th 539 31.7%
2011 58.49 277th 549 49.5%
2012 42.33 440th 559 21.3%
2013 36.17 443rd 569 22.1%
2014 58.95 260th 585 55.6%
2015 31.02 483rd 612 21.1%
2016 22.70 508th 609 16.6%
2017 30.27 473rd 612 22.7%
2018 14.51 519th 579 10.4%
2019 12.86 534th 594 10.1%
2021 24.00 502nd 613 18.1%
2022 26.46 495th 617 19.8%
2023 21.93 522nd 640 18.4%
2024 28.24 502nd 641 21.7%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Bowler High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 18.29 432nd 437 1.1%
2023 18.18 431st 439 1.8%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Bowler High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.04 406th 489 17.0%
2019 20.39 432nd 487 11.3%
2021 36.09 358th 499 28.3%
2022 31.88 383rd 522 26.6%
2023 26.36 414th 525 21.1%
2024 34.25 372nd 520 28.5%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Bowler High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 7.85 505th 551 8.3%
2019 4.77 524th 557 5.9%
2021 19.38 490th 574 14.6%
2022 31.67 426th 576 26.0%
2023 30.64 432nd 579 25.4%
2024 43.11 366th 580 36.9%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Bowler High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.05 452nd 551 18.0%
2019 20.17 482nd 557 13.5%
2021 33.25 417th 572 27.1%
2022 24.38 467th 577 19.1%
2023 18.39 504th 591 14.7%
2024 18.17 502nd 585 14.2%
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Rank History for middle school Native American students at Bowler High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.00 16th 17 5.9%
2019 29.12 16th 19 15.8%
2023 48.61 9th 15 40.0%
2024 23.19 14th 15 6.7%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Bowler High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 3.40 378th 382 1.0%
2021 32.43 290th 393 26.2%
2022 30.34 302nd 397 23.9%
2023 16.00 367th 412 10.9%
2024 56.32 179th 407 56.0%
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Data source: test scores: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Bowler High

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Rank History for all high school students at Bowler High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 47.63 217th 287 24.4%
2006 50.21 208th 292 28.8%
2008 40.17 344th 437 21.3%
2009 49.85 301st 438 31.3%
2010 38.87 375th 450 16.7%
2011 56.46 261st 445 41.3%
2012 33.58 380th 452 15.9%
2013 45.21 313th 457 31.5%
2014 36.77 361st 462 21.9%
2015 24.77 414th 466 11.2%
2016 22.15 356th 408 12.7%
2017 19.52 365th 410 11.0%
2019 21.93 348th 400 13.0%
2022 28.38 308th 391 21.2%
2023 33.81 292nd 415 29.6%
2024 28.67 330th 431 23.4%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Bowler High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 67.74 73rd 326 77.6%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Bowler High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 23.73 287th 343 16.3%
2022 23.93 294th 343 14.3%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Bowler High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 22.70 305th 354 13.8%
2022 24.40 288th 347 17.0%
2023 57.89 133rd 359 63.0%
2024 27.92 289th 365 20.8%
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Rank History for high school White students at Bowler High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 10.46 252nd 266 5.3%
2023 62.71 83rd 271 69.4%
2024 51.30 144th 300 52.0%
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Data source: test scores: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Bowler High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 92 n/a n/a n/a 44 n/a n/a 0 136
1990 127 0 0 1 73 n/a n/a 0 201
1991 127 0 0 0 66 n/a n/a 0 193
1992 127 1 1 0 75 n/a n/a 0 204
1993 149 0 1 1 83 n/a n/a 0 234
1994 162 0 1 0 87 n/a n/a 0 250
1995 183 0 0 2 86 n/a n/a 0 271
1996 183 0 0 2 86 n/a n/a 0 271
1997 178 0 1 2 104 n/a n/a 0 285
1998 175 0 1 0 87 n/a n/a 0 263
1999 176 0 1 0 91 n/a n/a 0 268
2000 158 0 1 0 99 n/a n/a 0 258
2001 169 1 1 0 107 n/a n/a 0 278
2002 142 1 0 0 108 n/a n/a 0 251
2003 142 1 0 0 108 n/a n/a 0 251
2004 141 1 1 0 84 n/a n/a 0 227
2005 141 0 1 2 84 n/a n/a 0 228
2006 131 0 1 0 77 n/a n/a 0 209
2007 122 0 2 0 81 n/a n/a 0 205
2008 116 0 2 0 67 n/a n/a 0 185
2009 108 2 3 1 62 n/a n/a 0 176
2010 96 1 3 0 68 n/a n/a 0 168
2011 90 0 1 2 52 0 13 0 158
2012 83 0 1 4 48 2 15 0 153
2013 91 0 0 4 43 1 16 0 155
2014 78 2 0 5 40 1 16 0 142
2015 81 0 0 2 44 1 15 0 143
2016 77 0 0 7 51 1 17 0 153
2017 63 0 0 3 47 1 19 0 133
2018 75 0 0 5 50 0 18 0 148
2019 69 0 0 5 50 0 17 0 141
2020 77 0 0 7 54 0 17 0 155
2021 74 1 0 6 59 0 20 0 160
2022 67 3 0 14 58 0 22 0 164
2023 64 2 0 12 54 0 17 0 149
2024 58 1 0 15 46 0 16 0 136

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Bowler High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 136 12.9 10.5 61
1990 201 12.9 15.5 40.3
1991 193 12.4 15.5 40.9
1992 204 12.5 16.3 45.6
1993 234 15.5 15.1 36.8
1994 250 16.0 15.6 33.6
1995 271 19.5 13.9 31.4
1996 271 19.5 13.9 31.4
1997 285 20.5 13.9 31.9
1998 263 19.7 13.4 36.1
1999 268 22.1 12.1 41.4
2000 258 18.2 14.2 40.3
2001 278 24.7 11.3 41.7
2002 251 21.0 12.0 50.2
2003 251 21.0 12.0 50.2
2004 227 19.0 11.9 46.7
2005 228 18.7 12.2 n/a
2006 209 18.1 11.5 n/a
2007 205 17.3 11.8 52.2
2008 185 16.9 10.9 53
2009 176 15.9 11.1 47.7
2010 168 15.5 10.8 46.4
2011 158 15.9 9.8 50.6
2012 153 14.6 10.4 49
2013 155 15.6 9.9 52.9
2014 142 15.3 9.2 54.9
2015 143 n/a n/a 48.3
2016 153 15.0 10.2 51.6
2017 133 14.3 9.3 45.9
2018 148 16.2 9.0 39.9
2019 141 16.2 8.6 41.1
2020 155 16.6 9.2 50.3
2021 160 16.5 9.6 55
2022 164 17.0 9.6 57.9
2023 149 16.1 9.2 55.7
2024 136 17.9 7.5 61

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Bowler High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 136 12.9 10.5 61
1990 201 12.9 15.5 40.3
1991 193 12.4 15.5 40.9
1992 204 12.5 16.3 45.6
1993 234 15.5 15.1 36.8
1994 250 16.0 15.6 33.6
1995 271 19.5 13.9 31.4
1996 271 19.5 13.9 31.4
1997 285 20.5 13.9 31.9
1998 263 19.7 13.4 36.1
1999 268 22.1 12.1 41.4
2000 258 18.2 14.2 40.3
2001 278 24.7 11.3 41.7
2002 251 21.0 12.0 50.2
2003 251 21.0 12.0 50.2
2004 227 19.0 11.9 46.7
2005 228 18.7 12.2 n/a
2006 209 18.1 11.5 n/a
2007 205 17.3 11.8 52.2
2008 185 16.9 10.9 53
2009 176 15.9 11.1 47.7
2010 168 15.5 10.8 46.4
2011 158 15.9 9.8 50.6
2012 153 14.6 10.4 49
2013 155 15.6 9.9 52.9
2014 142 15.3 9.2 54.9
2015 143 n/a n/a 48.3
2016 153 15.0 10.2 51.6
2017 133 14.3 9.3 45.9
2018 148 16.2 9.0 39.9
2019 141 16.2 8.6 41.1
2020 155 16.6 9.2 50.3
2021 160 16.5 9.6 55
2022 164 17.0 9.6 57.9
2023 149 16.1 9.2 55.7
2024 136 17.9 7.5 61

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Bowler High

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $809 (4.4%) $17,634 (95.6%) $18,443
2020 $624 (3.5%) $17,034 (96.5%) $17,658
2021 $1,171 (6.4%) $17,141 (93.6%) $18,312

Data source: Wisconsin Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 534th of 594 Middle schoolsRanks 522nd of 640 Middle schools
 8.3%
Ranks 348th of 400 High schoolsRanks 292nd of 415 High schools
 16.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts (Bowler High)35.333.3
 2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Bowler School District)35.333.3
 2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)45.541.1
 4.4%
7th Grade Mathematics (Bowler High)23.516.7
 6.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Bowler School District)23.516.7
 6.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)39.735.7
 4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Bowler High)14.728.6
 13.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Bowler School District)13.928.6
 14.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)37.337.8
 0.5%
8th Grade Mathematics (Bowler High)5.93.6
 2.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Bowler School District)5.63.6
 2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)36.531.8
 4.7%
8th Grade Social Studies (Bowler High)29.437
 7.6%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Bowler School District)27.837
 9.3%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)52.159.2
 7.1%
8th Grade Science (Bowler High)26.529.6
 3.2%
   8th Grade Science (Bowler School District)2529.6
 4.6%
   8th Grade Science (Wisconsin)54.649.4
 5.3%
10th Grade Social Studies (Bowler High)40.945.8
 4.9%
   10th Grade Social Studies (Bowler School District)40.945.8
 4.9%
   10th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)45.947.2
 1.3%
10th Grade English Language Arts (Bowler High)27.335.5
 8.2%
   10th Grade English Language Arts (Bowler School District)27.335.5
 8.2%
   10th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)38.838.6
 0.2%
10th Grade Mathematics (Bowler High)18.221.4
 3.3%
   10th Grade Mathematics (Bowler School District)18.221.4
 3.3%
   10th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)30.829.4
 1.3%
10th Grade Science (Bowler High)22.721.4
 1.3%
   10th Grade Science (Bowler School District)22.721.4
 1.3%
   10th Grade Science (Wisconsin)32.731.7
 1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students141149
 5.7%
African American02
American Indian5054
 8%
Asian00
Hispanic512
 140%
Pacific Islander00
White6964
 7.2%
Two or More Races1717
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients41.1%55.7%
 14.6%


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Bowler High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Bowler Elementary

Students at Bowler High are 43% White, 34% American Indian, 12% Two or more races, 11% Hispanic.

Bowler High ranks in the bottom 23.4% of Wisconsin high schools.

In the 2023-24 school year, 136 students attended Bowler High.


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