White Lake High

White Lake High is a small rural public high school in White Lake, WI, serving grades 9–12 with 44 students, and it is the only school within 20 miles — so there are no nearby schools to compare it with directly. It belongs to the White Lake School District. Both the school and district hold a 2-star rating; the school ranks 273rd of 533 Wisconsin high schools in 2025–2026 (49th percentile), while the district ranks 275th of 432 districts (36th percentile). That is a big change from 2014–2015, when White Lake High ranked 441st of 466 (5th percentile), making the current ranking its strongest showing in the available history.

Academically, the picture is mixed but improving. Tenth-grade Social Studies proficiency jumped from the mid-20s in 2022–2024 to 55.56% in 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, above the state's 48.25%. ACT English Language Arts is also above state (60% vs. 48.47%), and the graduation rate was 100% in 2024–2025 against a state rate of 92%. Science is the clear weak spot: only 20% of students were proficient on ACT Science versus 43.2% statewide. ACT Math (40%) is slightly below the state's 42.93%. In short, reading, writing, social studies, and graduation outcomes look stronger than STEM results.

Attendance and discipline-type measures are inconsistent. Chronic absenteeism was 15.4% in 2024–2025 — better than the state's 17.3% — but it had been around 28–30% in the three prior years and 65.1% in 2020–2021, so the recent improvement is sharp. Dropout was 2.4% in 2024–2025 and 3.9% in 2023–2024, both above the state's 1.1%, though it was 0% in two earlier years. Resources are favorable: a 9.4 student–teacher ratio and $24,721 per-student spending in 2024–2025 (a roughly 43% increase over the prior year). About 54.55% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch. Because only 44 students attend, one student can shift a percentage by several points, so year-to-year swings should be read cautiously.