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Best Wisconsin Private High Schools Belonging to Cognia (2026)

For the 2026 school year, there are 9 private high schools belonging to Cognia serving 2,780 students in Wisconsin. You can also find more schools membership associations in Wisconsin.
The top-ranked private high schools belonging to Cognia in Wisconsin include Conserve School, The Prairie School, and Lourdes Academy.
The average acceptance rate is 83%, which is lower than the Wisconsin private high school average acceptance rate of 84%.
78% of private high schools belonging to Cognia in Wisconsin are religiously affiliated (most commonly Catholic and Lutheran Church Missouri Synod).

Top-Ranked Private High Schools Belonging to Cognia in Wisconsin (2026)

School
Location
Quick Facts
The Prairie School
The Prairie School Photo - Learning and growing. It's at the heart of everything we do. This is where your child will learn to create, collaborate, and communicate. Where they will become equipped with the tools to think, reason, write, and question. This is where your child will take ownership of their dreams while chasing down their passions. This is Prairie.
(3)
4050 Lighthouse Drive
Racine, WI 53402
(262) 752-2500
Gr: PK-12 | 638 students Avg. class size: 16 students Sports: 10 | Extracurrculars: 36 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
Catholic Central High School
Catholic Central High School Photo - Catholic Central's Main High School Campus from the street. Located in Burlington, Wisconsin, CCHS offers a fine selection of college prep classes to help prepare students for the next step in their education.
(Catholic)
(3)
148 Mchenry St
Burlington, WI 53105
(262) 763-1510
Gr: 9-12 | 129 students Avg. class size: 8 students Sports: 17 | Extracurrculars: 16 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
Conserve School
Conserve School Photo - Reading and rowing in history class
(8)
5400 N Black Oak Lake Road
Land O Lakes, WI 54540
(715) 547-1300
Gr: 10-11 | 64 students Avg. class size: 15 students Extracurrculars: 3 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
Lourdes Academy
Lourdes Academy Photo
(Catholic)
110 North Sawyer Street
Oshkosh, WI 54902
(920) 426-6421
Gr: PK-12 | 695 students Avg. class size: 18 students Sports: 16 | Extracurrculars: 22 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
Messmer High School
(Catholic)
742 W Capitol Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53206
(414) 264-5440
Gr: 9-12 | 525 students Avg. class size: 22 students Sports: 9 | Extracurrculars: 12 Tuition listed
Xavier High School
Xavier High School Photo
(Catholic)
(1)
1600 W. Prospect Avenue
Appleton, WI 54914
(920) 733-6632
Gr: 9-12 | 479 students Avg. class size: 21 students Sports: 16 | Extracurrculars: 42 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
Northeastern Wisconsin Lutheran High School
(Lutheran Church Missouri Synod)
(1)
1311 S Robinson Ave
Green Bay, WI 54311
(920) 469-6810
Gr: 9-12 | 136 students Avg. class size: 17 students Sports: 16 | Extracurrculars: 19 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
Stevens Point Christian Academy
(Christian)
(1)
801 County Road HH W
Stevens Point, WI 54481
(715) 341-0588
Gr: K-12 | 78 students Avg. class size: 10 students Sports: 3 | Extracurrculars: 1 Tuition listed
Torah Academy Of Milwaukee
All-girls (Jewish)
(1)
6800 N Green Bay Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53209
(414) 352-6789
Gr: 9-12 | 36 students Avg. class size: 13 students Tuition listed

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