Summary:
White Lake High is the only high school in the White Lake School District, located in rural White Lake, Wisconsin (54491). It serves grades 9–12 and enrolls just 44 students, making it one of the smallest high schools in the state. Because the district has only this one high school, school-level and district-level figures describe essentially the same students; where the numbers differ slightly, the difference comes from tiny cohort sizes rather than from two separate schools.
Families should know both the strengths and the weakest spot. White Lake High graduates 100% of its seniors, compared with 92% statewide, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 15.4% is below the state's 17.3%. Tenth graders score well above state averages in English language arts (60% proficient vs. 48.47%) and social studies (55.56% vs. 48.25%). Math is slightly behind the state (40% vs. 42.93%), and science is far behind (20% vs. 43.2%). The dropout rate of 2.4% is more than double the state's 1.1%, though in a school of 44 students that is roughly one student. Over the past decade the school has climbed from the 5th percentile of Wisconsin high schools (2014–15) to the 49th percentile (2025–26, rank 273 of 533, 2 stars).
The most important caveat is size. With tested cohorts of roughly 9–11 students, a single student moves a subject score by about 10 points, so one year's numbers matter far less than the long-term trend. The school is also heavily resourced: $24,721 per student, a 9.4-to-1 student-teacher ratio, and 54.55% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch. The district overall ranks 275 of 432 districts (36th percentile, 2 stars), but that ranking covers all grade levels it serves, not just the high school.
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