Waterford Union High School School District

Waterford Union High School School District is a single-school district in Waterford, Wisconsin, serving grades 9–12 at Waterford High, with 889 students enrolled. Because the Waterford Union High School School District has no elementary, middle, or alternative schools, district-level results on shared measures such as test scores, graduation, and attendance are identical to the high school's results.

Academically, Waterford High performs well above state averages in every reported subject. In 2025–2026, 10th graders reached 60.38% proficiency in English Language Arts (state: 48.47%), 58.02% in Mathematics (state: 42.93%), 59.51% in Social Studies (state: 48.25%), and 53.30% in Science (state: 43.20%). Those margins over the state range from 10.10 to 15.09 percentage points. Year over year, Mathematics improved slightly (+0.50 points), while Social Studies (−1.84 points), English Language Arts (−2.01 points), and especially Science (−4.22 points) declined. The science dip stands out because the state's science figure was nearly flat, so this local shift is worth monitoring.

Outcomes beyond test scores are also strong. The graduation rate is 96.8% versus 92.0% statewide, the dropout rate is 0.3% versus 1.1%, and chronic absenteeism is 9.0%, roughly half the state's 17.3%. For context, 13.5% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-pupil spending is $24,066, and the student-teacher ratio is 13:1. The school has held a 4-star rating in each year of its rank history, though its percentile has eased from 90 in 2023–2024 to 87 in 2024–2025 and 86 in 2025–2026 — still placing it in roughly the top 14% of ranked Wisconsin schools.