110 Wisconsin High Schools Among U.S. News' Best In 2018

WISCONSIN — The 2018 best high school rankings were released on Wednesday and evaluate over 20,500 public high schools, and Whitefish Bay High School has been determined to be the top High School in Wisconsin followed closely by New Berlin Eisenhower.

U.S. News identified schools that best serve all students and assessed how prepared students are for college-level work. Schools are also recognized with gold, silver and bronze medals with gold indicating the greatest level of college readiness.

Five Wisconsin high schools received a gold medal, 83 received a silver medal and 22 schools received a bronze medal. Bronze medal schools are not ranked by U.S. News.

The state-by-state performance rating was based on which states have the highest the highest proportion of schools with gold and silver medals.
"Top-ranked schools succeed in three main areas: exceeding expectations on state proficiency tests, offering challenging coursework and graduating their students," Anita Narayan, managing editor of Education at U.S. News, said in a press release.

Here's how Wisconsni schools finished according to place and medal in the 2018 rankings:

1. Whitefish Bay High -- GOLD
2. Eisenhower Middle/High -- GOLD
3. Cedarburg High -- GOLD
4. New Berlin Middle/High -- GOLD
5. Homestead High -- GOLD
6. Arrowhead High -- SILVER
7. Hudson High -- SILVER
8. Brookfield East High School -- SILVER
9. King International -- SILVER
10. Verona Area High -- SILVER
11. Waunakee High -- SILVER
12. Middleton High -- SILVER
13. Grafton High -- SILVER
14. Kohler High -- SILVER
15. Milwaukee School of Languages -- SILVER
16. Muskego High -- SILVER
17. Central High -- SILVER
18. Germantown High -- SILVER
19. Nicolet High -- SILVER
20. Pewaukee High -- SILVER
21. Mukwonago High -- SILVER
22. Memorial High -- SILVER
23. Reagan College Preparatory High -- SILVER
24. Marshfield High -- SILVER
25. Greendale High -- SILVER
26. North High -- SILVER
27. Hamilton High -- SILVER
28. Wauwatosa East High School -- SILVER
29. Prairie Du Chien High -- SILVER
30. Shorewood High -- SILVER
31. Sun Prairie High -- SILVER
32. Wrightstown High -- SILVER
33. Slinger High -- SILVER
34. Onalaska High -- SILVER
35. New Glarus High -- SILVER
36. Beaver Dam High -- SILVER
37. Belleville High -- SILVER
38. West High -- SILVER
39. Menomonee Falls High -- SILVER
40. West High -- SILVER
41. De Pere High -- SILVER
42. Monona Grove High -- SILVER
43. Stoughton High -- SILVER
44. Lakeview Technology Academy -- SILVER
45. West De Pere High -- SILVER
46. Gibraltar High -- SILVER
47. East High -- SILVER
48. Kettle Moraine High -- SILVER
49. Tomahawk High -- SILVER
50. D.C. Everest Senior High School -- SILVER
51. West High -- SILVER
52. Prentice High -- SILVER
53. Fennimore High -- SILVER
54. Sevastopol High -- SILVER
55. Turner High -- SILVER
56. Platteville High -- SILVER
57. McFarland High -- SILVER
58. Hillsboro High -- SILVER
59. New Richmond High -- SILVER
60. Ashwaubenon High -- SILVER
61. Altoona High -- SILVER
62. La Farge High -- SILVER
63. De Soto High -- SILVER
64. Viroqua High -- SILVER
65. Sauk Prairie High -- SILVER
66. North High -- SILVER
67. Williams Bay High -- SILVER
68. Prescott High -- SILVER
69. Grantsburg High -- SILVER
70. Bay Port High -- SILVER
71. Durand Middle/High -- SILVER
72. Badger High -- SILVER
73. Tri-County High -- SILVER
74. Central High -- SILVER
75. Kickapoo High -- SILVER
76. Oconto Falls High -- SILVER
77. Wisconsin Dells High -- SILVER
78. Northland Pines High -- SILVER
79. Baraboo High -- SILVER
80. Lodi High -- SILVER
81. Dodgeville High -- SILVER
82. Sturgeon Bay High -- SILVER
83. Sheboygan Falls High -- SILVER
84. Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High -- SILVER
85. North Crawford High -- SILVER
86. Wittenberg-Birnamwood High -- SILVER
87. Pardeeville High -- SILVER
88. Lancaster High -- SILVER
89. Whitewater High -- BRONZE
90. Darlington High -- BRONZE
91. Stevens Point Area Senior High -- BRONZE
92. Shell Lake Jr/Sr High -- BRONZE
93. Logan High -- BRONZE
94. Stanley-Boyd High -- BRONZE
95. Waupaca High -- BRONZE
96. Lincoln High -- BRONZE
97. Oostburg High -- BRONZE
98. Chequamegon High -- BRONZE
99. South Milwaukee High -- BRONZE
100. Webster High -- BRONZE
101. Iowa-Grant High -- BRONZE
102. Amery High -- BRONZE
103. Menasha High -- BRONZE
104. Glenwood City High -- BRONZE
105. Rice Lake High -- BRONZE
106. Spencer Junior High/High -- BRONZE
107. Hmong American Peace Academy (HAPA) -- BRONZE
108. Westfield Area High -- BRONZE
109. Walden III High -- BRONZE
110. Ripon High -- BRONZE

See the Full Wisconsin List here

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