Summary:
White Lake School District is a very small Wisconsin district serving 172 students across three PK–12 schools — White Lake Elementary (PK–6, 105 students), White Lake Middle (7–8, 23 students), and White Lake High (9–12, 44 students) — all sharing one address at 405 Bissell St in White Lake, so students effectively attend a single connected campus. The district overall is rated 2 stars, at the 36th percentile of Wisconsin districts, but the individual schools have their own rank histories and vary considerably from each other.
White Lake Elementary has the strongest academic profile, ranking 461st of 1,039 schools (56th percentile, 3 stars) and earning 4 stars in 2023–2024. Its clearest strengths are math, science, and social studies, all above state averages, with 5th grade math at 77.78% proficient in 2025–2026 and 85.71% the year before versus roughly 52% statewide. Its weaker spot is ELA, particularly 3rd grade ELA and math at 33.33%. White Lake Middle ranks lowest of the three (400th of 643, 38th percentile, 2 stars) but improved sharply from 14th percentile with 1 star, with gains across most subjects. It also has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (60.87%) and the highest per-student spending ($47,293).
White Lake High combines strong outcomes with one clear gap: a 100% graduation rate versus 92% statewide, ACT ELA at 60% versus 48.47%, and social studies above state — but ACT Science at just 20% versus 43.20%, the largest negative gap in the data. Its dropout rate of 2.4% is above district and state. Chronic absenteeism is a district-wide strength, with all three schools below the state's 17.3%. Because the middle and high school cohorts are so small, families should weigh multi-year trends over any single year's percentages.
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