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The lowest-performing public high schools by test proficiency in Dane County, Wisconsin

20 public high schools in Dane County, Wisconsin appear in this ranking of the lowest-performing public high schools by test proficiency, ranked by the lowest composite state-assessment proficiency. LaFollette High leads the list at 22.1%, against a median of 47.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Dane County, Wisconsin

Best % Proficient

22.1%

Median % Proficient

47.3%

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	LaFollette High	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	High	58.3%	1,541	22.1%
2	East High	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	High	57.9%	1,643	25.7%
3	Sun Prairie West High	Sun Prairie, WI	Sun Prairie Area School District	High	30.0%	1,325	36.2%
4	Vel Phillips Memorial High School	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	High	42.4%	2,004	40.4%
5	Oregon High	Oregon, WI	Oregon School District	High	16.9%	1,339	40.5%
6	Sun Prairie East High	Sun Prairie, WI	Sun Prairie Area School District	High	27.2%	1,340	40.8%
7	West High	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	High	34.2%	2,222	42.0%
8	Marshall High	Marshall, WI	Marshall School District	High	34.9%	281	44.1%
9	Monona Grove High	Monona, WI	Monona Grove School District	High	19.3%	1,170	45.7%
10	Stoughton High	Stoughton, WI	Stoughton Area School District	High	26.4%	834	46.0%
11	Clark Street Community School	Middleton, WI	Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District	High	25.9%	108	48.7%
12	Verona Area High	Verona, WI	Verona Area School District	High	26.6%	1,820	49.6%
13	Deerfield High	Deerfield, WI	Deerfield Community School District	High	21.3%	207	50.8%
14	De Forest High	DeForest, WI	De Forest Area School District	High	16.2%	1,137	56.0%
15	Middleton High	Middleton, WI	Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District	High	17.8%	2,303	57.2%
16	Belleville High	Belleville, WI	Belleville School District	High	23.6%	275	61.3%
17	Wisconsin Heights High	Mazomanie, WI	Wisconsin Heights School District	High	26.1%	238	62.1%
18	Waunakee High	Waunakee, WI	Waunakee Community School District	High	9.1%	1,335	62.7%
19	Mount Horeb High	Mount Horeb, WI	Mount Horeb Area School District	High	12.1%	745	67.5%
20	McFarland High	McFarland, WI	McFarland School District	High	15.5%	727	70.8%

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