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Best High Schools in Outagamie County, WI

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Schools

10,352

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedLittle Chute Career Pathways Academy2^nd of 533 Wisconsin high schools

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Biggest riser

Fox Cities Leadership Academy up 99 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Shiocton High 11.9 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ACT English Language Arts (2026)	ACT Mathematics (2026)	ACT Science (2026)	Forward Exam English Language Arts (2026)		Forward Exam Mathematics (2026)		Forward Exam Social Studies (2026)		Forward Exam Science (2026)	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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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
East High	Public	9-12	2121 Emmers Dr	Appleton	54915	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 852-5400	1,238	85	14.6	40.5%	742 (59.9%)	43 (3.5%)	202 (16.3%)	187 (15.1%)	5 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	58 (4.7%)	39.5	351^st of 533 public high schools	34.1%		29.1	337^th of 431 public high schools	21.8%	14	47.5	33.4	34.4						30.4		$16,413	$609	$15,805
West High	Public	9-12	610 N Badger Ave	Appleton	54914	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 852-5410	1,024	76	13.5	50.1%	565 (55.2%)	106 (10.4%)	145 (14.2%)	152 (14.8%)	6 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	47 (4.6%)	30.2	406^th of 533 public high schools	23.8%		8.9	405^th of 431 public high schools	6.0%	1	39.3	30.4	31.5						28.2		$17,110	$609	$16,501
North High	Public	9-12	5000 N Ballard Rd	Appleton	54913	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 852-5405	1,635	95	17.2	29.2%	1,080 (66.1%)	76 (4.6%)	204 (12.5%)	179 (10.9%)	14 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	82 (5.0%)	61.4	211^th of 533 public high schools	60.4%		57.7	180^th of 431 public high schools	58.2%	31	55.9	42.8	50.7						43.4		$14,346	$609	$13,737
Renaissance School	Public, Charter	9-12	610 N Badger Ave	Appleton	54914	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 852-5611	151	4	35.9	25.2%	127 (84.1%)	3 (2.0%)	8 (5.3%)	5 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.6%)	95.5	11^th of 533 public high schools	97.9%		69.2	104^th of 431 public high schools	75.9%	93	90.0	70.0	75.0						71.4		$8,204	$609	$7,596
Tesla Engineering Charter School	Public, Charter	9-12	2121 Emmers Dr	Appleton	54915	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 852-5400	147	4	40.8	21.8%	124 (84.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (6.1%)	9 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.4%)	95.7	9^th of 533 public high schools	98.3%		94	16^th of 431 public high schools	96.3%	7	72.5	87.5	75.0						75.0		$8,556	$609	$7,947
Appleton eSchool	Public, Virtual, Charter	7-12	2121 Emmers Dr	Appleton	54915	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	Yes	No	Yes	No	(920) 852-5608	35	5	7.2	51.4%	26 (74.3%)	2 (5.7%)	3 (8.6%)	2 (5.7%)	1 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.9%)								(n/a)											$29,425	$609	$28,816
Appleton Cooperative Educational Center	Public	9-12	320 S Walnut St	Appleton	54911	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 832-4396	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Fox Cities Leadership Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	5000 N Ballard Rd	Appleton	54913	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 852-5405	78	2	35.4	30.8%	59 (75.6%)	7 (9.0%)	8 (10.3%)	2 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.6%)	92.6	23^rd of 533 public high schools	95.7%		66.7	122^nd of 431 public high schools	71.7%	99	75.0	66.7	66.7						73.3		$8,146	$609	$7,537
Appleton Technical Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	610 N Badger Ave	Appleton	54914	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 852-5410	68	3	23.2	38.2%	58 (85.3%)	2 (2.9%)	5 (7.4%)	1 (1.5%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	22.8	445^th of 533 public high schools	16.5%		24.6	356^th of 431 public high schools	17.4%	89	23.5	29.4	29.4						29.4		$12,884	$609	$12,275
Valley New School	Public, Charter	6-12	122 E College Ave	Appleton	54911	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 852-5605	68	4	16.5	32.4%	54 (79.4%)	1 (1.5%)	6 (8.8%)	3 (4.4%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.4%)	59.3	227^th of 533 public high schools	57.4%		49.2	225^th of 431 public high schools	47.8%	2	70.0	20.0	30.0	90.0	66.7	55.6	33.3	100.0	100.0	83.3	$13,112	$609	$12,503
Freedom High	Public	9-12	N4021 County Road E	Freedom	54130	Outagamie County	Freedom Area School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(920) 788-7940	510	37	13.7	12.5%	464 (91.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.9%)	3 (0.6%)	13 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.7%)	70.9	131^st of 533 public high schools	75.4%		51.8	210^th of 431 public high schools	51.3%	79	60.2	46.6	49.2						56.5		$16,669	$355	$16,314
Hortonville High	Public	9-12	155 Warner St	Hortonville	54944	Outagamie County	Hortonville Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 779-7933	1,323	73	18.0	10.7%	1,174 (88.7%)	5 (0.4%)	86 (6.5%)	23 (1.7%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (2.5%)	72	124^th of 533 public high schools	76.7%		79.2	64^th of 431 public high schools	85.2%	60	64.4	53.8	54.4						44.4		$11,611	$263	$11,348
Kaukauna High	Public	9-12	1701 County Road CE	Kaukauna	54130	Outagamie County	Kaukauna Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 766-6113	1,210	75	16.1	21.7%	1,010 (83.5%)	23 (1.9%)	85 (7.0%)	30 (2.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (4.1%)	71.3	129^th of 533 public high schools	75.8%		61.2	153^rd of 431 public high schools	64.5%	24	50.5	55.5	47.7						60.6		$13,708	$210	$13,498
Kimberly High	Public	9-12	1662 E Kennedy Ave	Kimberly	54136	Outagamie County	Kimberly Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 687-3024	1,587	106	14.9	13.2%	1,392 (87.7%)	16 (1.0%)	66 (4.2%)	60 (3.8%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (2.9%)	83.7	52^nd of 533 public high schools	90.2%		85.8	38^th of 431 public high schools	91.2%	14	67.3	64.0	60.0						57.0		$12,581	$305	$12,277
Little Chute High	Public	9-12	1402 Freedom Rd	Little Chute	54140	Outagamie County	Little Chute Area School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(920) 788-7600	387	26	14.6	31.5%	314 (81.1%)	10 (2.6%)	42 (10.9%)	6 (1.6%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.6%)	55.9	250^th of 533 public high schools	53.1%		57.7	178^th of 431 public high schools	58.7%	72	54.0	42.5	44.8						40.7		$14,966	$370	$14,596
Little Chute Career Pathways Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	1402 Freedom Rd	Little Chute	54140	Outagamie County	Little Chute Area School District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(920) 788-7600	93	6	15.5	20.4%	85 (91.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.4%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	98.7	2^nd of 533 public high schools	99.6%		90.1	28^th of 431 public high schools	93.5%	26	90.0	85.0	90.0						81.3		$13,594	$186	$13,408
Seymour High	Public	9-12	10 Circle Dr	Seymour	54165	Outagamie County	Seymour Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 833-2306	590	40	14.8	29.2%	445 (75.4%)	4 (0.7%)	39 (6.6%)	7 (1.2%)	52 (8.8%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (7.1%)	47.7	308^th of 533 public high schools	42.2%		34.6	318^th of 431 public high schools	26.2%	10	42.8	35.9	42.0						44.9		$17,711	$342	$17,369
Shiocton High	Public	9-12	N5650 Broad St	Shiocton	54170	Outagamie County	Shiocton School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 986-3351	208	17	11.9	27.9%	181 (87.0%)	1 (0.5%)	23 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	67.1	165^th of 533 public high schools	69.0%		49.1	229^th of 431 public high schools	46.9%	64	50.0	50.0	50.0						54.0		$20,178	$475	$19,702

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