Summary
Harold S Vincent School of Agricultural Science is a public high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serving grades 9–12 with 611 students as part of the Milwaukee School District. In 2025–2026 it ranked 512th of 533 Wisconsin high schools — the bottom 4% of the state — and earned 0 stars, a position it has held for more than a decade, including a 390th-of-391 finish in 2021–2022.
Academics are far below both district and state averages. In 10th grade, 7.89% of students were proficient in social studies, 11.11% in ELA, 4.76% in math, and 6.35% in science — compared with district rates of 24.03%, 24.62%, 15.75%, and 18.57%, and state rates of 48.25%, 48.47%, 42.93%, and 43.20%. Chronic absenteeism is arguably the biggest red flag: 81.9% of students were chronically absent in 2024–2025, versus 46.2% district-wide and 17.3% statewide. Graduation has improved steadily, from 43.7% in 2020–2021 to 72.8% in 2024–2025, slightly above the district's 71.5% but well below the state's 92.0%, and the 6.9% dropout rate remains higher than the district (4.0%) and state (1.1%).
The school serves a high-poverty population — 92.8% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch — and spends $24,036 per student, more than nearby Milwaukee School of Languages ($19,266), Brown Deer Middle/High ($16,997), and Menomonee Falls High ($14,282). Yet outcomes differ sharply: Milwaukee School of Languages reports 87.9% graduation and 37.6% chronic absenteeism; Brown Deer 94.4% graduation, 36.5% absenteeism, and 22–39% proficiency; Menomonee Falls 98.4% graduation and 10.1% absenteeism. Within the district, Harold outperforms Marshall High and James Madison Academic Campus in several 10th-grade subjects but trails Milwaukee School of Languages, and it shares an address with the much smaller Vincent Accelerated Academy. The clearest priorities are attendance and core math, science, and ELA proficiency.
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