Impact of COVID-19 on Portage High
The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America.
Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased.
SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school.
Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores,
enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.
Rankings
Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Ranks 140th of 400 High schools | Ranks 200th of 415 High schools | 13.2% |
Test Scores
|
% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
10th Grade Social Studies (Portage High) | 52.7 | 42.9 | 9.9% |
10th Grade Social Studies (Portage Community School District) | 52.7 | 41.7 | 11% |
10th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin) | 45.9 | 47.2 | 1.3% |
10th Grade English Language Arts (Portage High) | 45.9 | 44.1 | 1.8% |
10th Grade English Language Arts (Portage Community School District) | 45.3 | 41.2 | 4.1% |
10th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin) | 38.8 | 41.4 | 2.6% |
10th Grade Mathematics (Portage High) | 37.2 | 31.7 | 5.5% |
10th Grade Mathematics (Portage Community School District) | 35.4 | 29.4 | 6% |
10th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin) | 30.8 | 29.4 | 1.3% |
10th Grade Science (Portage High) | 32 | 33.5 | 1.6% |
10th Grade Science (Portage Community School District) | 30.4 | 31.1 | 0.7% |
10th Grade Science (Wisconsin) | 32.7 | 31.7 | 1% |
Student Body
|
Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Total Students | 765 | 706 | 7.7% |
African American | 15 | 10 | 33.3% |
American Indian | 3 | 5 | 66.7% |
Asian | 13 | 6 | 53.8% |
Hispanic | 51 | 69 | 35.3% |
Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | |
White | 674 | 597 | 11.4% |
Two or More Races | 9 | 19 | 111.1% |
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients | 28.6% | 31.7% | 3.1% |