Best Public Schools in Whitehall, WI

The city of Whitehall, Wisconsin is home to two schools: Whitehall Memorial Elementary and Whitehall Memorial Junior/Senior High. These schools serve students from kindergarten through 12th grade and are part of the Whitehall School District, which is ranked 274 out of 428 districts in Wisconsin.

Whitehall Memorial Junior/Senior High stands out with an impressive 98.1% 4-year graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate. The school also performs well on 8th grade state assessments, with 81.82% proficient or better in Social Studies and 76.36% proficient or better in Science. In contrast, Whitehall Memorial Elementary has stronger Mathematics performance, with proficiency rates ranging from 43.64% to 63.27% across grades 3-6, which is better than the district and state averages.

While both schools have lower proficiency rates than the state averages on the Forward Exam and ACT assessments, particularly in English Language Arts and Mathematics, they differ in other key metrics. Whitehall Memorial Junior/Senior High spends more per student ($14,490) compared to Whitehall Memorial Elementary ($12,352), and the high school has a lower student-teacher ratio of 12.3 compared to 13.7 at the elementary school. Additionally, the high school has a higher chronic absenteeism rate of 16.2% compared to 11.7% at the elementary school.