Best High Schools in Wisconsin for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Wisconsin!

Every year, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 95)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
551662002170	1	Whitefish Bay High	Public	9-12	1200 E Fairmount Ave	Whitefish Bay	53217	Milwaukee County	Whitefish Bay School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 963-3928	941	61	15.4	1.6%	687 (73.0%)	67 (7.1%)	71 (7.5%)	55 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	60 (6.4%)	$12,318			$358			$11,960	98.9%	99.5%	0.59%
550913001085	2	Homestead High	Public	9-12	5000 W Mequon Rd	Mequon	53092	Ozaukee County	Mequon-Thiensville School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 238-5646	1,265	74	17.1	11.5%	899 (71.1%)	106 (8.4%)	90 (7.1%)	98 (7.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	70 (5.5%)	$13,379			$402			$12,977	97.9%	96.3%	1.61%
551380001811	3	Shorewood High	Public	9-12	1701 E Capitol Dr	Shorewood	53211	Milwaukee County	Shorewood School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 963-6921	636	48	13.1	21.5%	400 (62.9%)	76 (11.9%)	68 (10.7%)	56 (8.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.0%)	$15,717			$383			$15,334	96.8%	87.5%	9.37%
551599002077	4	East High	Public	9-12	7500 Milwaukee Ave	Wauwatosa	53213	Milwaukee County	Wauwatosa School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 773-2000	1,067	68	15.6	19.5%	706 (66.2%)	180 (16.9%)	77 (7.2%)	29 (2.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	72 (6.7%)	$12,456			$399			$12,056	95.8%	91.4%	4.37%
551683002191	5	Winneconne High	Public	9-12	100 Wolf Run	Winneconne	54986	Winnebago County	Winneconne Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 582-5810	539	40	13.6	14.3%	498 (92.4%)	4 (0.7%)	21 (3.9%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.0%)	$11,973			$243			$11,731	94.7%	71.2%	23.51%
550732001462	6	Lakeview Technology Academy	Public	9-12	9449 88th Ave	Pleasant Prairie	53158	Kenosha County	Kenosha School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 359-8155	394	16	25.4	19.3%	264 (67.0%)	13 (3.3%)	67 (17.0%)	27 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (5.6%)	$11,597			$661			$10,936	93.7%	85.4%	8.30%
551581002030	7	Waunakee High	Public	9-12	301 Community Dr	Waunakee	53597	Dane County	Waunakee Community School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 849-2100	1,327	99	13.3	6.7%	1,137 (85.7%)	15 (1.1%)	96 (7.2%)	31 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (3.1%)	$12,104			$201			$11,903	92.6%	96.1%	3.42%
550666000721	8	Howards Grove High	Public	9-12	401 Audubon Rd	Howards Grove	53083	Sheboygan County	Howards Grove School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 565-4450	283	22	13	11.0%	259 (91.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.5%)	7 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.5%)	$13,552			$360			$13,192	91.6%	85.8%	5.73%
550852002265	9	Shabazz-City High	Public	9-12	1601 N Sherman Ave	Madison	53704	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 204-2440	121	14	8.7	42.1%	67 (55.4%)	15 (12.4%)	18 (14.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (11.6%)	$23,155			$399			$22,758	90.5%	37.1%	53.40%
551059001384	10	New London High	Public	9-12	1700 Klatt Rd	New London	54961	Waupaca County	New London School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 982-8420	674	45	14.9	28.3%	595 (88.3%)	11 (1.6%)	53 (7.9%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.5%)	$11,332			$535			$10,797	89.5%	92.1%	2.64%

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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.

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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.