Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Cross Plains’s public schools outscore 88% of Wisconsin districts
Math proficiency in Cross Plains’s districts is 57%, above the Wisconsin average (39%). The grade covers the three public school districts serving Cross Plains, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Wisconsin, not nationally.
From Wisconsin state tests taken in spring 2022, when 96% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Cross Plains’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 81 Wisconsin towns with household incomes within a quarter of Cross Plains’s, its schools beat 70%, lower than their 88% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 56% and math 57% across its districts in spring 2022, against 38% and 39% statewide; 98% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Mount Horeb Area spends $15,769 per student and Middleton-Cross Plains $15,643, against $16,459 across Wisconsin (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Nine elementary schools, then four middle and three high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Cross Plains’s grade
A: better than 88% of Wisconsin school districts. Test scores and graduation are both above the Wisconsin average; graduation is the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Cross Plains, with each school’s own grade.
9th grade in Cross Plains · depends on your address
Middleton High
Grades 9–12 · 2,303 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Middleton
Mount Horeb High
Grades 9–12 · 745 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Mount Horeb
Wisconsin Heights High
Grades 9–12 · 238 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Mazomanie
10th grade in Cross Plains · depends on your address
Middleton High
Grades 9–12 · 2,303 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Middleton
Mount Horeb High
Grades 9–12 · 745 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Mount Horeb
Wisconsin Heights High
Grades 9–12 · 238 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Mazomanie
11th grade in Cross Plains · depends on your address
Middleton High
Grades 9–12 · 2,303 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Middleton
Mount Horeb High
Grades 9–12 · 745 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Mount Horeb
Wisconsin Heights High
Grades 9–12 · 238 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Mazomanie
12th grade in Cross Plains · depends on your address
Middleton High
Grades 9–12 · 2,303 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Middleton
Mount Horeb High
Grades 9–12 · 745 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Mount Horeb
Wisconsin Heights High
Grades 9–12 · 238 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Mazomanie
To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Three districts serve Cross Plains
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Cross Plains vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Wisconsin towns that share Cross Plains’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Cross Plains | A | Mount Horeb Area PK–12 · Middleton-Cross Plains PK–12 · Wisconsin Heights PK–12 |
| Cross Plains (village) | A | Middleton-Cross Plains |
| Middleton | A | Middleton-Cross Plains |
| Berry | A | Wisconsin Heights PK–12 · Middleton-Cross Plains PK–12 |
| Springdale | A− | Mount Horeb Area |
| Vermont | — | Wisconsin Heights PK–12 · Mount Horeb Area PK–12 |
3 of the 5 neighbors share Middleton-Cross Plains with Cross Plains for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Cross Plains
16 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Wisconsin’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Cross Plains’s schools
Are Cross Plains’s schools good?
By Wisconsin’s own tests, yes: the public schools Cross Plains children attend outscore 88% of Wisconsin’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 70%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Cross Plains in?
Mount Horeb Area School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 2,298 students in 6 schools (2024–25).
Where do Cross Plains kids go to high school?
One of 3 high schools, depending on your address: Middleton High, Mount Horeb High and Wisconsin Heights High.
What is Cross Plains’s graduation rate?
98% of the class of 2023 in Middleton-Cross Plains School District graduated in four years, against 90% across Wisconsin.
How much does Cross Plains spend per student?
$15,769 in Mount Horeb Area School District, $15,643 in Middleton-Cross Plains School District and $22,195 in Wisconsin Heights School District (FY2024), against $16,459 across Wisconsin. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Cross Plains families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Wisconsin. Stars are from neighbors.