Innovative High

Madison, Wisconsin, is home to Innovative High, a small high school. The student body numbers 138 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Wisconsin) has about 475 students.

Madison Metropolitan School District includes 53 schools. Together they enroll 25,155 students.

By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Innovative High is Black (46%). Smaller groups are 24% Hispanic, 16% White, and 12% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Dane County is roughly 5% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Innovative High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.

Teachers at Innovative High total 17.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 7.9:1. For comparison, high schools in Wisconsin average 14.6:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 72%. It compares with 32% for public schools in Dane County.

Across Dane County, median household income is about $89,975, roughly 55% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Dane County number 169 and enroll about 78,525.

The shortest distance from Innovative High to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Lapham Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

Under the NCES locale system, Innovative High is City: Large.

The school's size has been steady, with 138 students in 2020-21 and 138 in 2024-25.

Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Innovative High. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.