Summary:
ZIP code 54773 in Whitehall, Wisconsin, is home to exactly one high school: Whitehall Memorial Junior/Senior High, a combined junior/senior high serving grades 6–12 with 321 students in the Whitehall School District. Because it is the only high school in the area, it defines the local high-school landscape. It reports a student-teacher ratio of 11.1 and per-student spending of $18,644, and 43.3% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
The school's standout strengths are in completion and attendance. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate is 100.0% (state: 92.0%), its dropout rate is 0.0% (state: 1.1%), and its chronic absenteeism rate is just 1.6%, far below the district's 7.7% and the state's 17.3%. Academically, results are strongest in 8th grade Social Studies (74.14% proficient, above the state's 64.63%), 8th grade Math (60.34% vs. 53.67%), and 10th grade Social Studies (53.7% vs. 48.25%). The school also earned a 2-star rating in 2024–2025, ranking 266 of 431 schools (38th percentile).
Other academic results lag the state and show wide swings from year to year. In 2025–2026, 6th grade ELA was 28.3% proficient (state: 54.95%), 6th grade Math 26.42% (state: 53.6%), and 7th grade Math 36.36% (state: 55.67%). Tenth-grade ACT results were also below state levels: ELA 29.82%, Math 29.82%, and Science 22.81%. Year-over-year changes were dramatic in both directions — 8th grade Social Studies rose from 61.7% to 74.14%, while 7th grade Math fell from 69.64% to 36.36% and ACT Science dropped from 41.67% to 22.81%. For 2025–2026 the school ranked 383 of 533 (28th percentile, 1 star).
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