School Profile

YEAR TOTAL ENROLLMENT SENIOR CLASS

2021-22

2020-21

2019-20

2018-19

1582

1596

1583

1558

386

407

391

381

2017-18 1587 406
2016-17 1534 348
2015-16 1477 354
2014-15 1458 377

School Schedule

Kimberly High School is a Block Scheduled High School. One-credit courses are completed in an 18-week semester. Two semesters are offered each school year. Freshmen and Sophomores must enroll in 8 credits, Juniors in 7.5 credits, and Seniors may choose 7 credits.

School Staff

  • Certified Teaching Staff: 117
  • Guidance Counselors: 5

Grade Values

Values for Grades
A+ = 4.0 B- = 2.67
A = 4.0 C+ = 2.33
A- = 3.67 C = 2.00
B+ = 3.33 D = 1.00
B = 3.00 F = 0.00

C- & D+ have been discontinued since 2001

Graduation Requirements

28 Total Credits

  • 5 credits of English
  • 3 credits of Social Studies
  • 3 credits of Science
  • 3 credits of Mathematics
  • 2 credits of Physical Education
  • .5 credit of Health
  • .5 credit of Personal Finance
  • 11 credits of Electives

ACT Composite Average Score

Class of 2020: 21.0

 

Post-Secondary Plan for Graduates:

Plan Percent of Graduates
Four Year College 54.7%
Two Year College 31.34%
Military 3.3%
Employment 6.33%
Job Training 3.31%
Other 1.02%

Curriculum

Kimberly High School offers a comprehensive curriculum that includes numerous advanced and accelerated courses.

  • Advanced Placement (AP) courses: Art History;  Biology ;Calculus AB;  Calculus BC; Chemistry; English Literature and Composition; English Language and Composition Environmental Science; European History; Human Geography; Macroeconomics; Microeconomics; Music Theory; Physics B; Psychology; Statistics; U.S. History; U.S. Government & Politics
  • Cooperative Academic Partnership Program (CAPP) Conducted in conjunction with UW-Oshkosh: Spanish 204, Accounting, Education, Intro to Business; Chemistry,  and Pre-Calculus
  • CLEP courses: Marketing 3, Business Law and Principles of Management
  • Articulated Courses offered in conjunction with Fox Valley Technical College: Microsoft College Series, Personal Finance, Medical Terminology, Nursing Assistant, Health and Aging,  Assistant Childcare Teacher, Child Services Co-op, Digital Literacy for Health Care, Infant Toddler Development, Architectural Design, Computer Aided Design 1, Welding, ECE Child Development, ECE Health, Safety and Nutrition, Sociology, College Technical Math 
  • Start College Now courses are available through Fox Valley Technical College and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. Early College Credit courses are available through UW-Oshkosh at Fox Cities and Lawrence Universit

Method of Computing Grade Point Average and Rank in Class for Student Transcripts

Effective with 2007-08 we utilize grade indexing of a student's grade point average (GPA) this  involves adding .025 to the student's cumulative GPA for each term a student is enrolled in an identified class.

The following courses will be indexed:  

  • All Advanced Placement (AP) Courses
  • All UW-Oshkosh Cooperative Academic Partnership Program (CAPP) Courses
  • All College Level Examination Program (CLEP) Courses
  • Honors French 5
  • Honors Spanish 5
  • Honors English 9
  • Honors English 10
  • Honors Biology 
  • Honors Theatre Production
  • Start College Now and Early College Credit courses that require the completion of one of the above courses as a prerequisite may be indexed if approved in advance by the high school principal.

Advanced Placement Tests

In May of 2020, Kimberly High School students completed 873 Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations in twenty different subject areas. 81% of the scores were a three or higher.