Best High Schools in Wisconsin

Top 50 high schools in Wisconsin, 2026-27

466 Wisconsin high schools are ranked in this edition, ordered here by state rank.

1. Whitefish Bay High School — Whitefish Bay · #1 in WI · #103 nationally
2. High School of Health Sciences — Wales · #2 in WI · #129 nationally
3. Little Chute Career Pathways Academy — Little Chute · #3 in WI · #166 nationally
4. Cedarburg High School — Cedarburg · #4 in WI · #236 nationally
5. Homestead High School — Mequon · #5 in WI · #353 nationally
6. Eisenhower Middle/High School — New Berlin · #6 in WI · #357 nationally
7. Gibraltar High School — Fish Creek · #7 in WI · #444 nationally
8. Middleton High School — Middleton · #8 in WI · #488 nationally
9. Brookfield East High School — Brookfield · #9 in WI · #552 nationally
10. Reagan College Preparatory High School — Milwaukee · #10 in WI · #571 nationally
11. Hamilton High School — Sussex · #11 in WI · #640 nationally
12. Nicolet High School — Glendale · #12 in WI · #650 nationally
13. Waunakee High School — Waunakee · #13 in WI · #652 nationally
14. New Glarus High School — New Glarus · #14 in WI · #693 nationally
15. Kohler High School — Kohler · #15 in WI · #710 nationally
16. Shorewood High School — Shorewood · #16 in WI · #727 nationally
17. New Berlin Middle/High School — New Berlin · #17 in WI · #784 nationally
18. Arrowhead High School — Hartland · #18 in WI · #820 nationally
19. Cambridge High School — Cambridge · #19 in WI · #891 nationally
20. Muskego High School — Muskego · #20 in WI · #905 nationally
21. De Pere High School — De Pere · #21 in WI · #922 nationally
22. Grafton High School — Grafton · #22 in WI · #925 nationally
23. Brookfield Central High — Brookfield · #23 in WI · #928 nationally
24. Oostburg High School — Oostburg · #24 in WI · #936 nationally
25. Golda Meir School — Milwaukee · #25 in WI · #957 nationally
26. Oregon High School — Oregon · #26 in WI · #971 nationally
27. Franklin High School — Franklin · #27 in WI · #992 nationally
28. Northland Pines High School — Eagle River · #28 in WI · #1,004 nationally
29. Sevastopol High School — Sturgeon Bay · #29 in WI · #1,005 nationally
30. East High — Wauwatosa · #30 in WI · #1,031 nationally
31. Carmen High School of Science and Technology — Milwaukee · #31 in WI · #1,061 nationally
32. Memorial High School — Eau Claire · #32 in WI · #1,067 nationally
33. Lakeview Technology Academy — Pleasant Prairie · #33 in WI · #1,173 nationally
34. Rock University High School — Janesville · #34 in WI · #1,202 nationally
35. Platteville High School — Platteville · #35 in WI · #1,217 nationally
36. Germantown High School — Germantown · #36 in WI · #1,237 nationally
37. Slinger High School — Slinger · #37 in WI · #1,287 nationally
38. West High School — Madison · #38 in WI · #1,312 nationally
39. Onalaska High School — Onalaska · #39 in WI · #1,395 nationally
40. Neenah High School — Neenah · #40 in WI · #1,401 nationally
41. Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School — Chetek · #41 in WI · #1,445 nationally
42. Prairie Du Chien High School — Prairie Du Chien · #42 in WI · #1,452 nationally
43. Waukesha Engineering Preparatory Academy — Waukesha · #43 in WI · #1,459 nationally
44. Kimberly High School — Kimberly · #44 in WI · #1,481 nationally
45. West High School — Waukesha · #45 in WI · #1,506 nationally
46. McFarland High School — Mcfarland · #46 in WI · #1,563 nationally
47. Elkhart Lake High School — Elkhart Lake · #47 in WI · #1,587 nationally
48. Pewaukee High School — Pewaukee · #48 in WI · #1,621 nationally
49. Mukwonago High School — Mukwonago · #49 in WI · #1,674 nationally
50. New London High School — New London · #50 in WI · #1,685 nationally

High schools by city in Wisconsin

• Milwaukee (32)
• Appleton (8)
• Green Bay (7)
• Waukesha (6)
• Madison (5)
• Sheboygan (5)
• Janesville (4)
• Kenosha (4)
• Racine (4)
• Wales (3)
• Wauwatosa (3)
• Eau Claire (3)

Ranks are from the 2026-27 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools edition. How HighSchoolTrends uses this data.