Valley New School
Appleton · WI · Appleton Area School District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Appleton Technical Academy → Fox Cities Leadership Academy → Stockbridge High → Little Chute Career Pathways Academy → Appleview → Renaissance School → Tesla Engineering Charter School → Catalyst Academy →At a glance
- 19 AP courses offered — Elite
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 1 calculus classes · 1 physics · 1 chemistry
- AP rigor: 68th percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 15% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 75% in 2019 (Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Valley New School compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 68th percentile nationally with 19 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyWI students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Appleton Technical Academy, Fox Cities Leadership Academy, Stockbridge High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
68th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 15% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
University of Wisconsin-Madison
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $17,354/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +4.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 68 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appleton Technical Academy Appleton |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 68 | -11.7% |
| Fox Cities Leadership Academy Appleton |
Public · charter | 3.9 | 78 | +14.7% |
| Stockbridge High Stockbridge |
Public | 14.0 | 53 | -1.9% |
| Little Chute Career Pathways Academy Little Chute |
Public · charter | 5.0 | 93 | -23.8% |
| Appleview Appleton |
Public | 0.2 | — | — |
| Renaissance School Appleton |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 151 | +9.4% |
| Tesla Engineering Charter School Appleton |
Public · charter | 1.9 | 147 | +3.5% |
| Catalyst Academy New London |
Public · charter | 18.9 | 32 | — |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantValley New School is a public high school in Appleton, WI, enrolling 68 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
It offers 19 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 68% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
11 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 15% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 75% in the latest EDFacts release.
3% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many AP courses does Valley New School offer? Valley New School offers 19 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 68% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
What is Valley New School's graduation rate? Valley New School's federal four-year graduation rate was about 75% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Valley New School? Valley New School is a public high school in Appleton, WI, enrolling 68 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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