Onalaska High School

Onalaska High School is a public high school in Onalaska, Wisconsin, in the Onalaska School District. It had an enrollment of 917 students in grades 9-12 for the 2018–19 school year. History The first public high school in Onalaska was founded in January 1890 on a plot of land between Main, King, Fourth and Fifth Streets. The first graduating class had three students, and the school was known as the Vikings, with the school colors being red and white. The original building burned down in 1895, and a new building was built on-site the following year. After another fire in 1924 left the new building completely destroyed, all students in the Onalaska public school system moved to the former La Crosse County School of Agriculture. The school's colors changed to purple and white in the 1940s, and the "Hilltopper" moniker came soon after that due to the location of the school, dubbed "Heaven on a Hill". Another new building was built due to growing student counts in 1970. Academics Onalaska offers Advanced Placement classes. About half of all seniors take AP classes. Demographics OHS is eighty-five percent white, eight percent Asian, two percent black, two percent Hispanic and one percent American Indian, while two percent of students identify as two or more races.