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Best High Schools in Dane County, WI

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Schools

25,372

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedMiddleton High9^th of 431 Wisconsin high schools

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Biggest riser

Clark Street Community School up 207 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Shabazz-City High 7.2 students per teacher

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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 (2025)
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 6th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 7th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 8th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 6th 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: Oakhill Correctional Institution	Public	12	5212 County Road M	Oregon	53575	Dane County	Wisconsin Department of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(608) 835-3101	0	1	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
DOC: Thompson Correctional Center	Public	7-12	434 State Farm Rd	Deerfield	53531	Dane County	Wisconsin Department of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(608) 423-3415	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Grow Academy	Public	6-12	4986 County Road M	Fitchburg	53575	Dane County	Wisconsin Department of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(608) 835-5700	5	1	5.0		0 (0.0%)	5 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Oregon Correctional Center	Public	7-12	5140 County Road M	Fitchburg	53575	Dane County	Wisconsin Department of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(608) 835-3233	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Belleville High	Public	9-12	635 W Church St	Belleville	53508	Dane County	Belleville School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 835-6120	275	20	13.6	23.6%	229 (83.3%)	3 (1.1%)	22 (8.0%)	5 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.5%)	67.2	116^th of 431 public high schools	73.1%		45.2	253^rd of 431 public high schools	41.3%	137	50.0	48.4	53.2								64.7		$15,879	$566	$15,313
Wisconsin Heights High	Public	9-12	10173 US Highway 14	Mazomanie	53560	Dane County	Wisconsin Heights School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 767-2586	238	16	14.5	26.1%	212 (89.1%)	6 (2.5%)	4 (1.7%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.0%)	80	60^th of 431 public high schools	86.1%		70.6	95^th of 431 public high schools	78.0%	35	66.1	59.3	49.2								67.2		$18,963	$834	$18,129
Koshkonong Trails School	Public, Charter	7-12	37 Oakland Rd	Cambridge	53523	Dane County	Cambridge School District	Yes	No	No	No	(608) 423-8040	28	2	13.7	17.9%	27 (96.4%)	1 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)													$17,660	$271	$17,389
De Forest High	Public	9-12	815 Jefferson St	DeForest	53532	Dane County	De Forest Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 842-6600	1,137	80	14.1	16.2%	912 (80.2%)	41 (3.6%)	81 (7.1%)	33 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (6.2%)	66.7	123^rd of 431 public high schools	71.5%		70.4	98^th of 431 public high schools	77.3%	25	52.9	49.8	50.6								60.3		$15,231	$310	$14,922
Deerfield High	Public	9-12	300 Simonson Blvd	Deerfield	53531	Dane County	Deerfield Community School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 764-5431	207	18	11.6	21.3%	173 (83.6%)	6 (2.9%)	17 (8.2%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.3%)	38.3	294^th of 431 public high schools	31.8%		37.6	293^rd of 431 public high schools	32.0%	1	37.5	30.0	40.0								57.5		$17,341	$256	$17,085
East High	Public	9-12	2222 E Washington Ave	Madison	53704	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 204-1600	1,643	106	15.4	57.9%	562 (34.2%)	371 (22.6%)	415 (25.3%)	112 (6.8%)	6 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	160 (9.7%)	24.4	358^th of 431 public high schools	16.9%		26.5	348^th of 431 public high schools	19.3%	10	37.0	31.4	34.8								38.7		$19,014	$780	$18,233
Vel Phillips Memorial High School	Public	9-12	201 S Gammon Rd	Madison	53717	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 663-5990	2,004	127	15.7	42.4%	810 (40.4%)	306 (15.3%)	527 (26.3%)	172 (8.6%)	1 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	175 (8.7%)	60.7	156^th of 431 public high schools	63.8%		53.3	194^th of 431 public high schools	55.0%	38	54.3	48.6	48.4								50.7		$18,129	$521	$17,608
LaFollette High	Public	9-12	702 Pflaum Rd	Madison	53716	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 204-3600	1,541	104	14.7	58.3%	423 (27.4%)	344 (22.3%)	525 (34.1%)	88 (5.7%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	143 (9.3%)	12.3	398^th of 431 public high schools	7.7%		12.1	403^rd of 431 public high schools	6.5%	5	28.8	24.5	28.8								29.2		$19,615	$796	$18,819
West High	Public	9-12	30 Ash St	Madison	53726	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 204-4100	2,222	137	16.1	34.2%	1,072 (48.2%)	231 (10.4%)	553 (24.9%)	165 (7.4%)	1 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	177 (8.0%)	83.6	47^th of 431 public high schools	89.1%		80.8	51^st of 431 public high schools	88.2%	4	60.6	57.2	63.0								70.3		$17,499	$519	$16,980
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	106	15	7.2	47.2%	57 (53.8%)	12 (11.3%)	16 (15.1%)	1 (0.9%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (9.4%)	49.1	227^th of 431 public high schools	47.3%		41.7	271^st of 431 public high schools	37.1%	44	55.6	27.8	44.4								56.3		$33,129	$490	$32,639
Capital High	Public	9-12	3802 Regent St	Madison	53705	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 204-4220	129	15	8.6	84.5%	18 (14.0%)	57 (44.2%)	27 (20.9%)	7 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (15.5%)								(n/a)											13.6		$25,317	$831	$24,485
Innovative High	Public	9-12	1045 E Dayton St	Madison	53703	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 204-4220	138	18	7.8	72.5%	22 (15.9%)	64 (46.4%)	33 (23.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (12.3%)								(n/a)													$12,178	$490	$11,688
Marshall High	Public	9-12	623 Madison St	Marshall	53559	Dane County	Marshall School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 655-1310	281	24	11.8	34.9%	175 (62.3%)	12 (4.3%)	66 (23.5%)	9 (3.2%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.7%)	56	189^th of 431 public high schools	56.1%		38.9	283^rd of 431 public high schools	34.3%	94	63.6	37.9	51.5								41.0		$17,513	$14,862	$2,651
McFarland High	Public	9-12	5103 Farwell St	Mc Farland	53558	Dane County	McFarland School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 838-3166	727	53	13.8	15.5%	587 (80.7%)	14 (1.9%)	39 (5.4%)	32 (4.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (7.3%)	77.3	71^st of 431 public high schools	83.5%		85.5	33^rd of 431 public high schools	92.3%	38	56.3	53.4	55.7								72.4		$18,985	$309	$18,676
Wisconsin Virtual Academy High (WIVA)	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	4721 Dale-Curtin Dr	Mc Farland	53558	Dane County	McFarland School District	Yes	No	Yes	No	(608) 838-9482	1,566	70	22.4	60.5%	920 (58.7%)	221 (14.1%)	272 (17.4%)	18 (1.1%)	15 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	119 (7.6%)	6.9	410^th of 431 public high schools	4.9%		4	420^th of 431 public high schools	2.6%	10	18.2		15.6								31.3		$8,733	$44	$8,689
Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin High	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	4721 Dale-Curtin Dr	Mc Farland	53558	Dane County	McFarland School District	Yes	No	Yes	No	(608) 838-9482	423	5	80.5	50.4%	260 (61.5%)	50 (11.8%)	64 (15.1%)	6 (1.4%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (8.7%)	8.2	406^th of 431 public high schools	5.8%		14.5	397^th of 431 public high schools	7.9%	9	25.3	12.6	25.3								32.7		$3,671	$18	$3,653
Insight School of Wisconsin High	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	4721 Dale-Curtin	Mc Farland	53558	Dane County	McFarland School District	Yes	No	Yes	No	(608) 838-9482	202	25	8.0	61.4%	105 (52.0%)	31 (15.3%)	32 (15.8%)	2 (1.0%)	7 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (12.4%)								(n/a)													$7,541	$38	$7,503
Middleton High	Public	9-12	2100 Bristol St	Middleton	53562	Dane County	Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 829-9660	2,303	150	15.3	17.8%	1,495 (64.9%)	112 (4.9%)	250 (10.9%)	278 (12.1%)	7 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	155 (6.7%)	95.9	9^th of 431 public high schools	97.9%		94.5	14^th of 431 public high schools	96.8%	5	76.1	70.2	74.3								75.0		$16,092	$436	$15,655
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	108	10	11.3	25.9%	79 (73.1%)	2 (1.9%)	7 (6.5%)	2 (1.9%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (11.1%)	85.2	41^st of 431 public high schools	90.5%		45.5	248^th of 431 public high schools	42.5%	207		46.2	75.0								76.9		$17,468	$402	$17,066
Monona Grove High	Public	9-12	4400 Monona Dr	Monona	53716	Dane County	Monona Grove School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 221-7666	1,170	86	13.5	19.3%	900 (76.9%)	53 (4.5%)	104 (8.9%)	39 (3.3%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	70 (6.0%)	64.5	138^th of 431 public high schools	68.0%		61.8	153^rd of 431 public high schools	64.5%	15	52.1	49.1	56.6								51.5		$16,789	$293	$16,496
Monona Grove Liberal Arts	Public, Charter	6-12	5301 Monona Dr	Monona	53716	Dane County	Monona Grove School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(608) 316-1924	93	9	10.6	26.9%	79 (84.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.4%)								(n/a)				58.3	27.3	73.3	66.7	27.3	60.0	73.3	75.0	53.3	$19,313	$315	$18,999
Mount Horeb High	Public	9-12	305 S 8th St	Mount Horeb	53572	Dane County	Mount Horeb Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 437-7206	745	51	14.6	12.1%	672 (90.2%)	10 (1.3%)	34 (4.6%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (2.8%)	89.1	30^th of 431 public high schools	93.0%		82.8	44^th of 431 public high schools	89.8%	14	69.0	61.9	61.4								71.1		$16,145	$554	$15,591
Oregon High	Public	9-12	456 N Perry Pkwy	Oregon	53575	Dane County	Oregon School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 835-4300	1,339	94	14.2	16.9%	1,098 (82.0%)	36 (2.7%)	117 (8.7%)	22 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	64 (4.8%)	69.1	107^th of 431 public high schools	75.2%		79.3	62^nd of 431 public high schools	85.6%	45	60.6	52.7	53.3								48.6		$15,258	$202	$15,056
Stoughton High	Public	9-12	600 Lincoln Ave	Stoughton	53589	Dane County	Stoughton Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 877-5601	834	86	9.7	26.4%	661 (79.3%)	37 (4.4%)	64 (7.7%)	13 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	55 (6.6%)	47.7	240^th of 431 public high schools	44.3%		53.6	192^nd of 431 public high schools	55.5%	48	42.9	44.3	46.9								47.6		$17,465	$352	$17,113
Sun Prairie East High	Public	9-12	888 Grove St	Sun Prairie	53590	Dane County	Sun Prairie Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 834-6700	1,340	94	14.3	27.2%	821 (61.3%)	136 (10.1%)	152 (11.3%)	95 (7.1%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	124 (9.3%)	49	231^st of 431 public high schools	46.4%		49.7	225^th of 431 public high schools	47.8%	6	53.7	39.9	47.0								41.8		$16,795	$314	$16,481
Prairie Phoenix Academy	Public	9-12	220 Kroncke Dr	Sun Prairie	53590	Dane County	Sun Prairie Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 834-6900	88	8	10.7	55.7%	31 (35.2%)	28 (31.8%)	12 (13.6%)	2 (2.3%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (14.8%)								(n/a)											42.9		$20,053	$250	$19,804
Sun Prairie West High	Public	9-12	2850 Ironwood Dr	Sun Prairie	53590	Dane County	Sun Prairie Area School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(608) 834-6624	1,325	92	14.4	30.0%	705 (53.2%)	192 (14.5%)	161 (12.2%)	157 (11.8%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	100 (7.5%)	59.1	170^th of 431 public high schools	60.6%		59.5	167^th of 431 public high schools	61.3%	3	59.6	45.8	53.3								39.3		$17,056	$299	$16,757
Verona Area High	Public	9-12	234 Wildcat Way	Verona	53593	Dane County	Verona Area School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(608) 653-1000	1,820	120	15.1	26.6%	1,029 (56.5%)	125 (6.9%)	461 (25.3%)	63 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	126 (6.9%)	55	200^th of 431 public high schools	53.6%		55.9	183^rd of 431 public high schools	57.5%	17	52.3	39.0	48.0								55.6		$17,940	$370	$17,570
Waunakee High	Public	9-12	301 Community Dr	Waunakee	53597	Dane County	Waunakee Community School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 849-2100	1,335	103	12.9	9.1%	1,109 (83.1%)	20 (1.5%)	105 (7.9%)	44 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (4.3%)	84.6	42^nd of 431 public high schools	90.3%		92.9	17^th of 431 public high schools	96.1%	25	54.1	63.8	67.0								71.9		$16,843	$264	$16,578

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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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