Best High Schools in Wisconsin for White Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Wisconsin!

Every year, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, White students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Wisconsin test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the ACT and Forward Exam test scores by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (White vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 300)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Whitefish Bay High	Public	9-12	1200 E Fairmount Ave	Whitefish Bay	53217	Milwaukee County	Whitefish Bay School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 963-3928	906	61	14.8	2.3%	667 (73.6%)	64 (7.1%)	62 (6.8%)	54 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	57 (6.3%)	$12,318			$358			$11,960	99.7%	99.5%	0.13%			551662002170
2	Oostburg High	Public	9-12	410 New York Ave	Oostburg	53070	Sheboygan County	Oostburg School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 564-2346	328	22	14.9	19.2%	289 (88.1%)	4 (1.2%)	27 (8.2%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	$11,113			$510			$10,603	99.3%	98.4%	0.96%			551107001466
3	Waukesha Engineering Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	401 E Roberta Ave	Waukesha	53186	Waukesha County	Waukesha School District	Yes	No	No	No	(262) 970-3880	150	2	75	22.0%	104 (69.3%)	1 (0.7%)	30 (20.0%)	13 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	$12,629			$321			$12,308	99.0%	99.1%	0.07%			551578002688
4	East High	Public	9-12	7500 Milwaukee Ave	Wauwatosa	53213	Milwaukee County	Wauwatosa School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 773-2000	1,041	69	15.1	24.3%	674 (64.7%)	183 (17.6%)	79 (7.6%)	37 (3.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	66 (6.3%)	$12,456			$399			$12,056	98.7%	91.4%	7.25%			551599002077
5	Cedarburg High	Public	9-12	W68N611 Evergreen Blvd	Cedarburg	53012	Ozaukee County	Cedarburg School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 376-6200	1,085	66	16.5	9.4%	971 (89.5%)	18 (1.7%)	44 (4.1%)	23 (2.1%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (2.4%)	$12,476			$483			$11,993	98.3%	98.1%	0.19%			550246000270
6	West High	Public	9-12	30 Ash St	Madison	53726	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 204-4100	2,137	130	16.4	28.7%	1,099 (51.4%)	221 (10.3%)	491 (23.0%)	156 (7.3%)	5 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	165 (7.7%)	$12,939			$407			$12,533	98.0%	88.2%	9.83%			550852000967
7	Reagan College Preparatory High	Public	9-12	4965 S 20th St	Milwaukee	53221	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 304-6100	1,349	65	20.6	56.1%	424 (31.4%)	118 (8.7%)	662 (49.1%)	107 (7.9%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (2.4%)	$12,405			$2,067			$10,338	97.7%	84.9%	12.75%			550960003342
8	Nicolet High	Public	9-12	6701 N Jean Nicolet Rd	Glendale	53217	Milwaukee County	Nicolet Union High School School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 351-7554	1,054	83	12.6	20.4%	557 (52.8%)	251 (23.8%)	110 (10.4%)	41 (3.9%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	84 (8.0%)	$18,828			$727			$18,100	97.3%	93.5%	3.83%			550549000584
9	Kohler High	Public	9-12	333 Upper Rd	Kohler	53044	Sheboygan County	Kohler School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 803-7282	232	15	15.3	3.0%	190 (81.9%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (6.5%)	15 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	10 (4.3%)	$12,184			$330			$11,854	97.0%	97.9%	0.91%			550750000853
10	Middleton High	Public	9-12	2100 Bristol St	Middleton	53562	Dane County	Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 829-9660	2,237	151	14.7	17.9%	1,467 (65.6%)	105 (4.7%)	251 (11.2%)	254 (11.4%)	7 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	143 (6.4%)	$12,015			$188			$11,827	96.7%	96.8%	0.09%			550951001107

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Forward Exam Social Studies, ACT English Language Arts, ACT Mathematics, ACT Science test scores released by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on October 8, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.