Summary:
High Schools located in the Darlington Community School District consist of a single campus — Darlington High — which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 263 students in this Wisconsin community. Because it is the district's only high school, there are no in-district high school peers to compare against; instead, its results are best read against district aggregates and state averages. Test scores cover the 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 school years, while graduation, dropout, absenteeism, spending, lunch and staffing figures are reported for 2024–2025.
Darlington High is the standout in this data by default, and its trajectory is strongly positive. It rose from the 34th percentile with 2 stars in 2023–2024 to the 52nd percentile with 3 stars in 2024–2025, then to the 82nd percentile with 4 stars in 2025–2026 (94th out of 533 ranked schools). Completion and attendance outcomes are excellent: a 96.8% graduation rate against 92.0% statewide, a 0.0% dropout rate against 1.1% statewide, and chronic absenteeism of just 0.8% compared with 4.0% in the district and 17.3% statewide.
Academically, 10th graders improved in three of four subjects. ELA ACT proficiency climbed 14.58 points to 63.79%, Mathematics ACT proficiency rose 15.49 points to 55.17% after sitting 3.05 points below state the previous year, and Science rose 5.69 points to 51.72%; all three finished above state in 2025–2026. Social Studies dipped slightly to 55.17% but remained 6.92 points above state. The school spends $18,270 per student with an 11.6:1 student-teacher ratio and a 41.06% free/reduced-lunch rate, suggesting a well-resourced setting serving a meaningful share of lower-income students. One caution: the number of ranked schools changes year to year, so percentile and star trends are more meaningful than raw rank.
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