Best High Schools in Wisconsin

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Wisconsin test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the ACT and Forward Exam test scores by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 431)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
550213000257	241	Cameron High	Public	9-12	750 S 1st St	Cameron	54822	Barron County	Cameron School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 458-4560	276	19	14.3	37.0%	253 (91.7%)	4 (1.4%)	7 (2.5%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.3%)	$13,404			$339			$13,066	47.2	52	191	50
550309000344	242	Cumberland High	Public	9-12	1000 8th Ave	Cumberland	54829	Barron County	Cumberland School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 822-5121	299	22	13.9	39.8%	250 (83.6%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (11.0%)	2 (0.7%)	10 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	$14,439			$319			$14,118	47	39.9	257	15
550234000263	243	Cashton Middle/High	Public	6-12	540 Coe St	Cashton	54619	Monroe County	Cashton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 654-5131	329	28	11.5	33.1%	288 (87.5%)	3 (0.9%)	36 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$11,807			$1,120			$10,687	46.9	50.9	196	47
550888001030	244	Mayville Junior-Senior High	Public	7-12	500 N Clark St	Mayville	53050	Dodge County	Mayville School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(920) 387-7960	515	36	14.1	29.7%	453 (88.0%)	5 (1.0%)	37 (7.2%)	5 (1.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.3%)	$12,458			$829			$11,629	46.8	54.6	179	65
550894001043	245	Medford High	Public	9-12	1015 W Broadway Ave	Medford	54451	Taylor County	Medford Area Public School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 748-5951	692	54	12.8	35.7%	628 (90.8%)	5 (0.7%)	49 (7.1%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	$13,154			$219			$12,935	46.3	47.1	219	26
550054000081	246	Ashwaubenon High	Public	9-12	2391 S Ridge Rd	Green Bay	54304	Brown County	Ashwaubenon School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 492-2950	998	61	16.3	33.1%	741 (74.2%)	41 (4.1%)	76 (7.6%)	33 (3.3%)	22 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	84 (8.4%)	$11,145			$686			$10,460	46.2	55.2	175	71
551422001848	247	Spooner High	Public	9-12	801 County Highway A	Spooner	54801	Washburn County	Spooner Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 635-2172	363	26	14	47.1%	325 (89.5%)	2 (0.6%)	10 (2.8%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.8%)	$13,955			$1,039			$12,916	45.9	41.2	252	5
550951002882	248	Clark Street Community School	Public, Charter	9-12	2100 Bristol Street	Middleton	53562	Dane County	Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(608) 829-9640	100	10	10.5	25.0%	77 (77.0%)	3 (3.0%)	7 (7.0%)	2 (2.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (9.0%)	$17,973			$162			$17,811	45.5	54.1	182	66
550696000752	249	Ithaca High	Public	9-12	24615 State Hwy 58	Richland Center	53581	Richland County	Ithaca School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 585-2311	132	11	11.7	41.7%	118 (89.4%)	2 (1.5%)	10 (7.6%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,284			$434			$13,850	45.4	35.7	282	33
550078000101	250	Bangor Middle/High	Public	6-12	700 10th Ave S	Bangor	54614	La Crosse County	Bangor School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 486-2331	346	29	12	26.3%	313 (90.5%)	2 (0.6%)	18 (5.2%)	7 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	$12,656			$1,088			$11,568	45.3	61.6	141	109

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Forward Exam Social Studies, ACT English Language Arts, ACT Mathematics, ACT Science test scores released by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on October 8, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.