Dwight Common School District 232

Dwight Common School District 232 has one listed school in the Dwight area: Dwight Common School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8 with 519 students. In 2025–26, its all-grade English language arts (ELA) result matched the state, while math was the clearest concern: 23% of students met the math standard, compared with 40% statewide, a 17-point gap.

Because this is the district’s only listed school, there is no second local school to compare as a leader or a trailer. Within Dwight Common School, ELA results varied by grade: grade 3 was 68%, 20 points above the state, and grade 8 was 70%, 7 points above; grade 5 was 46%, 9 points below. Science also differed by grade: grade 8 was 65%, 13 points above the state, while grade 5 was 35%, 13 points below. Every grade with a reported math result fell below its state comparison; the school’s results for grades 5, 6, and 8 are suppressed.

Recent changes were mixed. ELA rose from 47% in 2024–25 to 56% in 2025–26, bringing the school’s state comparison from 6 points below to level. Math fell from 26% to 23%, and its shortfall widened by 4 points. SchoolDigger ranks Dwight Common School 1,052 of 1,737, at the 39th percentile with two stars; its rank number improved by 140 places from the prior year, though its percentile fell 3 points. Other context includes a 12.7 student–teacher ratio in 2024–25 and 46% of students free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 10% in 2025–26, below the state’s 24%.