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Best High Schools in Waupun, WI

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833

Students

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Top rankedWaupun Area Junior/Senior High School204^th of 431 Wisconsin high schools

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Biggest riser

Waupun Area Junior/Senior High School up 61 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The city of Waupun, Wisconsin is home to a single high school, Waupun Area Senior High, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 204th out of 431 schools in 2024-2025 to 313th out of 415 in 2022-2023. Similarly, the school's SchoolDigger rating has declined from 3 stars to 1 star over the same period.

Waupun Area Senior High has a relatively high four-year graduation rate of 91.0% in 2023-2024, which is slightly above the state average. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% in 2023-2024 is higher than the state average. The school's test scores in various subjects and grade levels are generally close to or slightly below the state averages, with some exceptions, such as above-average scores in 7th-grade English Language Arts and Mathematics, as well as 10th-grade ACT English Language Arts and Mathematics.

Socioeconomic factors also play a role, as Waupun Area Senior High has a free and reduced-price lunch rate of 35.2% in 2023-2024, indicating a relatively high proportion of students from low-income families. The school's per-student spending for the 2020-2021 school year was $11,445, slightly higher than the state average, and the student-teacher ratio was 15:1 in 2023-2024, which is a relatively favorable ratio.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ACT English Language Arts (2025)	ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT Science (2025)	Forward Exam English Language Arts (2025)		Forward Exam Mathematics (2025)		Forward Exam Social Studies (2025)		Forward Exam Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ACT English Language Arts 10th Grade	ACT Mathematics 10th Grade	ACT Science 10th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 7th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 8th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 7th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 10th Grade	Forward Exam Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
DOC: Waupun Correctional Institution	Public	12	200 S Madison St	Waupun	53963	Dodge County	Wisconsin Department of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(920) 324-7231	1	1	1.0		0 (0.0%)	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
DOC: John Burke Correctional Center	Public	9-12	900 S Madison St	Waupun	53963	Dodge County	Wisconsin Department of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(920) 324-3460	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Waupun Area Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	801 E Lincoln St	Waupun	53963	Dodge County	Waupun School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 324-5591	832	55	15.2	33.2%	715 (85.9%)	5 (0.6%)	83 (10.0%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (2.9%)	54	204^th of 431 public high schools	52.7%		43.2	265^th of 431 public high schools	38.5%	61	53.0	47.5	47.0	53.6	50.4	57.3	44.9	55.5	44.1	46.4	$11,445	$361	$11,084

Cities Near Waupun

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Brandon	7.55 mi	1	132^nd
Fox Lake	9.06 mi	2	321^st
Oakfield	10.35 mi	3	31^st
Beaver Dam	11.94 mi	8	227^th
Rosendale	12.38 mi	4	116^th

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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.

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