Best High Schools in Wisconsin for African American 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, African American 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 (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 26)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	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	96.2%	99.5%	3.38%
550960003342	2	Reagan College Preparatory High	Public	9-12	4965 S 20th St	Milwaukee	53221	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 304-6100	1,343	62	21.7	51.9%	425 (31.6%)	109 (8.1%)	679 (50.6%)	98 (7.3%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (2.0%)	$12,405			$2,067			$10,338	92.3%	84.9%	7.39%
550516000557	3	Germantown High	Public	9-12	W180N11501 River Ln	Germantown	53022	Washington County	Germantown School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 253-3400	1,295	86	15	13.7%	1,037 (80.1%)	69 (5.3%)	62 (4.8%)	75 (5.8%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (3.8%)	$12,932			$308			$12,624	88.5%	88.9%	0.40%
550913001085	4	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	84.6%	96.3%	11.67%
550549000584	5	Nicolet High	Public	9-12	6701 N Jean Nicolet Rd	Glendale	53217	Milwaukee County	Nicolet Union High School School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 351-7554	1,089	82	13.2	20.2%	598 (54.9%)	250 (23.0%)	108 (9.9%)	47 (4.3%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	79 (7.3%)	$18,828			$727			$18,100	80.8%	93.5%	12.73%
550405000429	6	Memorial High	Public	9-12	2220 Fairfax St	Eau Claire	54701	Eau Claire County	Eau Claire Area School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 852-6300	1,552	92	16.8	27.0%	1,188 (76.5%)	39 (2.5%)	121 (7.8%)	105 (6.8%)	7 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	78 (5.0%)	$12,395			$324			$12,071	76.9%	90.5%	13.56%
551083001411	7	Oak Creek High	Public	9-12	340 E Puetz Rd	Oak Creek	53154	Milwaukee County	Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 768-6210	2,168	122	17.7	29.1%	1,452 (67.0%)	109 (5.0%)	362 (16.7%)	148 (6.8%)	5 (0.2%)	3 (0.1%)	88 (4.1%)	$11,364			$678			$10,686	73.1%	49.0%	24.12%
550906002338	8	Menomonee Falls High	Public	9-12	N80 W14350 Titan Dr	Menomonee Falls	53051	Waukesha County	Menomonee Falls School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 255-8444	1,285	78	16.4	22.0%	865 (67.3%)	148 (11.5%)	73 (5.7%)	101 (7.9%)	9 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	87 (6.8%)	$12,469			$388			$12,081	69.2%	81.2%	11.98%
551599002077	9	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	65.4%	91.4%	26.03%
550318000355	10	De Forest High	Public	9-12	815 Jefferson St	De Forest	53532	Dane County	De Forest Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 842-6600	1,099	75	14.6	17.5%	892 (81.2%)	42 (3.8%)	72 (6.6%)	34 (3.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (5.2%)	$12,537			$180			$12,358	61.5%	77.3%	15.72%

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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:

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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.