Horizon High
Private · Grades 9–12 · 14 students
Vel Phillips Memorial High School
201 S Gammon Rd, Madison, WI 53717
Grades
9–12
High
Students
2,004
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
15.8 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Madison Metropolitan School District
Dane County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 445 Wisconsin high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Wisconsin high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Vel Phillips Memorial High School
Vel Phillips Memorial High School is a public high school in Madison, Wisconsin, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Madison Metropolitan School District. The school is located in a large city in Dane County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 2,004 students were enrolled, with about 15.8 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical Wisconsin high school (13.5 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 445 Wisconsin high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 2,004 students
- Students per teacher
- 15.8 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 23
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Virtual learning
- Offers virtual courses
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Madison Metropolitan School District
- County
- Dane County
- NCES school ID
- 550852000937
Schools near Vel Phillips Memorial High School
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Middleton High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 2,303 students
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Capital High
Alternative · Grades 9–12 · 129 students
West High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 2,222 students
Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart
Private · Grades 9–12 · 618 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.