Summary:
The city of Portage, Wisconsin is home to two high schools: Portage High and Portage Academy of Achievement. While Portage High is a larger school with 647 students, Portage Academy of Achievement is much smaller with only 20 students. Both schools have relatively high 4-year graduation rates of 91.0% and low dropout rates of 1.3% in the 2023-2024 school year.
Academically, Portage High School's performance on standardized tests is generally below the state average, with 10th-grade proficiency rates ranging from 36.15% to 59.6% across different subjects. The Portage Community School District, which both schools are part of, also performs below the state average on these tests. However, both schools have a high chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% in 2023-2024, which is an area that could benefit from further investigation and improvement efforts.
In terms of resources, Portage High School had a per-student spending of $12,038 in the 2020-2021 school year and a student-teacher ratio of 13.3 in 2023-2024, while Portage Academy of Achievement had a per-student spending of $11,230 in the 2020-2021 school year and a higher student-teacher ratio of 20 in 2023-2024. This suggests that the smaller school may have fewer resources available per student compared to the larger Portage High School.
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