Summary:
ZIP code 54902 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin is home to a single high school, West High, which serves grades 9–12 with 1,623 students as part of the Oshkosh Area School District. Because there is only one high school here, parents should compare West High against its district and the state rather than against a neighboring school in the same ZIP code.
West High holds a 3-star rating and ranked 187 out of 533 schools in 2025–2026, placing it around the 65th percentile — a much stronger showing than its district, which is rated 1 star at the 22nd percentile. The school beats the district in every reported test comparison and generally leads the state in Social Studies, Mathematics, and English Language Arts. Social Studies is the clearest strength: 58.29 proficient in 2025–2026, about 10 percentage points above both the district and the state. Science is the relative weak spot, at 42.05, just under the state's 43.20 though still well above the district's 34.28. Over the past year, Math and ELA proficiency both slipped, narrowing the school's lead over the state, while Social Studies improved.
Outcome measures are mixed. West High graduates 89.5% of students, above the district's 87.8% but below the state's 92.0%, and its dropout rate of 1.9% is slightly higher than both the district's 1.6% and the state's 1.1%. Chronic absenteeism, however, is a real strength at 14.0%, better than the district's 16.9% and the state's 17.3%. Other context: 28.96% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $15,050, and the student-teacher ratio is 13.7. Rank has been stable in percentile terms — 67 in 2023–2024 to 65 in 2025–2026 — despite the raw rank moving from 143 to 187 as more schools were ranked. Overall, West High is a solid, consistently 3-star school within a lower-ranked district, with strong Social Studies and Math results and good attendance, but ACT-based declines in ELA, Math, and Science are worth watching.
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