Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin High
Virtual schools are not graded, because they enroll students from across the state rather than a local area. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 10 | 93 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 140 | 33% |
| Grade 12 | 147 | 35% |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 423 | 5.3 | 80.6:1 | 50% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 340 | 5 | 68.0:1 | 55% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 232 | 5 | 46.4:1 | 53% (122) |
| 2020-21 | 153 | 2 | 76.5:1 | 50% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 77 | 1.7 | 46.1:1 | 26% (20) |
Since 2017-18: students up 449% (77 to 423); teachers up 214% (1.7 to 5.3).
About Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin High
Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin High is a medium-sized high school. Its address is in McFarland, Wisconsin. Grades offered run from 9 through 12, with 423 students enrolled.
McFarland School District, which runs Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin High, has 9 schools and 5,921 students.
At Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin High, White students make up 61% of the student body. Next come 15% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 9% multiracial. The county population is about 77% White. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 5.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin High was 80.6:1. On average, high schools in Wisconsin have 14.6:1, compared with 80.6:1 here. Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin High's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 50%. Across public schools in Dane County, the average is 32%.
County data help place the school in context: in Dane County, the median household income is $89,975, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 55%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. In all, Dane County has 169 public schools and roughly 78,525 students.
Insight School of Wisconsin High is the public school closest to Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin High, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics. Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin High holds a charter, making it a public charter school. The school is identified as virtual in federal data.
Reported enrollment: 153 (2020-21) and 423 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. The number of students per teacher rose from 76.5 to 80.6 over 4 years.
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