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Portage High School

Serves grades 6 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
301 E Collins St
Portage, WI 53901
Phone
(608) 742-8545
District
Portage Community School District
County
COLUMBIA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
706
Classroom Teachers
48

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Wisconsin

6

(10 is best)

Better than 57.4% of all WI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Portage High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

50 40 30 20 10 0
38%
35%
44%
41%
31%
29%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 0 0.0%
Grade 7 0 0.0%
Grade 8 1 0.1%
Grade 9 184 26.1%
Grade 10 143 20.3%
Grade 11 193 27.3%
Grade 12 185 26.2%
Total 706 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 86.9% 85.9% 70.6%
Black 1.5% 2.1% 9.2%
Hispanic 10.0% 10.5% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.9% 0.8% 4.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.6% 1.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 31.7% 40.3% 40.4%
Free lunch eligible 26.8% 34.7% 36.1%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.0% 5.6% 4.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 17,847 5,892,539
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 88.2 108
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.3% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.7% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.2% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.4% 26.2%
65 OR OLDER 19.4% 17.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,270 2,425,488
Single Parent Households With Children 10.4% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.7% 93.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 18.8% 32.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.6% 15.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.9% 18.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.6% 14.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.2% 18.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.7% 15.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.2% 10.9%
$15,000 or less 8.9% 7.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,102 $15,028,000 48.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $591 $1,251,000 4.0%
Staff $568 $1,202,000 3.9%
General Administration $397 $840,000 2.7%
School Administration $887 $1,877,000 6.0%
Operation $1,836 $3,885,000 12.5%
Transportation $613 $1,298,000 4.2%
Other $836 $1,769,000 5.7%
Total Support $5,729 $12,122,000 38.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,904 $4,028,000 12.9%
Total Expenditures $14,734 $31,178,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,015 $6,599,040,000 47.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $741 $609,761,000 4.4%
Staff $829 $682,423,000 4.9%
General Administration $295 $242,657,000 1.8%
School Administration $700 $575,935,000 4.2%
Operation $1,400 $1,153,005,000 8.3%
Transportation $442 $364,261,000 2.6%
Other $736 $606,191,000 4.4%
Total Support $5,143 $4,234,233,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,660 $3,013,152,000 21.8%
Total Expenditures $16,818 $13,846,425,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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