Best High Schools in Wisconsin

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 415)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
550351002988	1	High School of Health Sciences	Public, Charter	9-12	349 N Oak Crest Dr	Wales	53183	Waukesha County	Kettle Moraine School District	Yes	No	No	No	(262) 968-6200	194	9	22.6	7.7%	171 (88.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.7%)	6 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.1%)	$10,140			$256			$9,885	99.5	96.2	8	7
551662002170	2	Whitefish Bay High	Public	9-12	1200 E Fairmount Ave	Whitefish Bay	53217	Milwaukee County	Whitefish Bay School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 963-3928	941	61	15.4	1.6%	687 (73.0%)	67 (7.1%)	71 (7.5%)	55 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	60 (6.4%)	$12,318			$358			$11,960	99.4	99.5	1	1
551047001366	3	Eisenhower Middle/High	Public	7-12	4333 S Sunnyslope Rd	New Berlin	53151	Waukesha County	New Berlin School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 789-6300	1,029	63	16.2	10.5%	807 (78.4%)	6 (0.6%)	66 (6.4%)	117 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (3.2%)	$12,477			$212			$12,265	98.7	98.1	4	1
551317002885	4	D C Everest Idea School	Public, Charter	6-12	4704 Camp Phillips Rd	Weston	54476	Marathon County	D C Everest Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(715) 359-0511	65	4	15.7	29.2%	60 (92.3%)	1 (1.5%)	2 (3.1%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	$11,837			$554			$11,283	98.6			(n/a)
550816002905	5	Little Chute Career Pathways Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	1402 Freedom Rd	Little Chute	54140	Outagamie County	Little Chute Area School District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(920) 788-7600	105	7	15.3	21.0%	90 (85.7%)	3 (2.9%)	8 (7.6%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	$9,530			$281			$9,249	98	93.1	18	13
550246000270	6	Cedarburg High	Public	9-12	W68N611 Evergreen Blvd	Cedarburg	53012	Ozaukee County	Cedarburg School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 376-6200	1,089	67	16.2	9.6%	966 (88.7%)	21 (1.9%)	42 (3.9%)	24 (2.2%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (3.0%)	$12,476			$483			$11,993	97.9	94.2	13	7
551536001936	7	Laurel High	Public, Charter	9-12	100 Blackhawk Dr	Viroqua	54665	Vernon County	Viroqua Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(608) 637-3191	36	1	36	27.8%	35 (97.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$18,077			$609			$17,468	97.8			(n/a)
550039002547	8	Tesla Engineering Charter School	Public, Charter	9-12	2121 Emmers Dr	Appleton	54915	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 852-5400	149	3	46.5	14.8%	126 (84.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.0%)	10 (6.7%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.0%)	$10,451			$911			$9,540	97	94.5	11	3
550039002282	9	Renaissance School	Public, Charter	9-12	610 N Badger Ave	Appleton	54914	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 852-5611	155	4	41.8	30.3%	132 (85.2%)	1 (0.6%)	8 (5.2%)	7 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.9%)	$10,950			$911			$10,039	95.9	93.3	17	8
550351002876	10	KM Global School	Public, Charter	9-12	349 N Oak Crest Dr	Wales	53183	Waukesha County	Kettle Moraine School District	Yes	No	No	No	(262) 968-6273	77	5	14.2	6.5%	68 (88.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.5%)	$11,912			$256			$11,657	95.8	79.8	55	45

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Forward Exam Social Studies, ACT English Language Arts, ACT Mathematics, ACT Science test scores released by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on October 10, 2023, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.