High Schools in Darlington Community School District

Summary:

The Darlington Community School District in Wisconsin is home to a single high school, Darlington High, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 123rd out of 415 schools in 2022-2023 to 284th out of 431 schools in 2023-2024.

Darlington High's academic strengths include higher-than-average proficiency rates on the Forward Exam/Social Studies, ACT/English Language Arts, ACT/Mathematics, and ACT/Science in the 2024-2025 school year. However, the school's performance on the ACT/English Language Arts and ACT/Mathematics was lower than the state averages in 2023-2024. The school's four-year graduation rate of 91.0% in 2023-2024 is higher than the state average, but its chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% is also higher than the state's average.

With a student-teacher ratio of 10.9 and 40.08% of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, Darlington High serves a relatively high-need population. The per-student spending for the Darlington Community School District was $15,002 in the 2020-2021 school year. While the data provides some insights into Darlington High's performance, the lack of information on other schools within the district makes it difficult to draw more comprehensive conclusions about how the school is performing relative to its peers.

District Detail

11630 Center Hill Rd
Darlington, WI 53530-9764

(608) 776-2006

SchoolDigger Rank:
225^th of 426 Wisconsin districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 899

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ACT English Language Arts (2025)	ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT Science (2025)	Forward Exam Social Studies (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 Social Studies 10th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Darlington High	Public	9-12	11838 Center Hill Rd	Darlington	53530	Lafayette County	Darlington Community School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 776-4001	263	23	11.6	41.1%	174 (66.2%)	0 (0.0%)	88 (33.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53	205^th of 431 public high schools	52.4%		38.7	284^th of 431 public high schools	34.1%	79	49.2	39.7	46.0	57.1	$15,002	$553	$14,449

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Shullsburg School District	8.23 mi	3	369^th
Belmont Community School District	11.54 mi	2	233^rd
Argyle School District	13.32 mi	3	248^th
Mineral Point Unified School District	13.61 mi	3	191^st
Black Hawk School District	14.29 mi	3	275^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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