Summary:
Whitehall School District in Wisconsin serves about 760 students across just two schools: Whitehall Memorial Elementary (PK–5, 439 students) and Whitehall Memorial Junior/Senior High (6–12, 321 students). The Whitehall School District as a whole ranks 370 of 432 districts, in the 14th percentile with 1 star—but that single district-wide rating hides two schools with quite different strengths and weaknesses.
The elementary school currently earns 2 stars in its rank history, at the 33rd percentile (700 of 1,039). Its reading results are the brighter spot: 5th grade ELA is 62.96% versus the state's 53.63%, and the grades 3–5 ELA average (51.7% vs 53.2%) is close to state. Math is the clear weak point, with a grades 3–5 average of 37.5% against the state's 53.1%, and 3rd grade math at just 32.14% versus 54.75%. Chronic absenteeism is 12.6%—below the state's 17.3%, but far above the high school's 1.6%. It spends $14,871 per student with a 13:1 student/teacher ratio.
The junior/senior high stands out for completion and attendance: a 100% graduation rate, a 0.0% dropout rate, and 1.6% chronic absenteeism, all far better than state figures. It also has strong pockets in social studies and 8th grade math—74.14% vs 64.63%, and 60.34% vs 53.67%, respectively—plus 10th grade social studies at 53.7% vs 48.25%. However, grades 6–8 averages trail the state in ELA (41.3% vs 54.9%) and math (41.0% vs 54.3%), and 10th grade ACT results are well below state: ELA 29.82% vs 48.47%, math 29.82% vs 42.93%, and science 22.81% vs 43.2%. Its overall rank slipped from the 38th to the 28th percentile, despite spending $18,644 per student—about 25% more than the elementary school—with an 11.1:1 ratio.
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