Schools in Adams, WI

Adams, Wisconsin is home to three public schools — Adams-Friendship Elementary (PK–4), Adams-Friendship Middle (5–8), and Adams-Friendship High (9–12) — all part of the Adams-Friendship Area School District, together enrolling 1,270 students. The district ranks 410 out of 432 Wisconsin districts, in the 5th percentile with 0 stars, and each of the three schools carries a 1-star rank history.

Comparing the schools, Adams-Friendship High has the strongest relative standing: a 92.1% graduation rate, essentially matching the state's 92.0%, and the best 2025-2026 rank percentile among the three at 21st. It also has the highest chronic absenteeism, 26.4%, and a dropout rate of 1.8% versus 1.1% statewide. Adams-Friendship Middle has the best attendance (19.2% chronically absent), the lowest student-teacher ratio (8.4), and the highest per-student spending ($18,404). Adams-Friendship Elementary is the largest school with 486 students, has the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 67.28%, and the lowest per-student spending at $16,682.

Academically, every reported proficiency figure at all three schools falls below its state comparison in both years. Average 2025-2026 proficiency gaps were about -19.9 points at the elementary, -20.2 at the middle, and -14.5 at the high school. Middle school 8th-grade science was 21.69% versus 51.86% statewide, the largest gap in the data, and elementary 4th-grade math was 24.42% versus 52.87%. Social studies is below state at every level. Chronic absenteeism exceeds the state's 17.3% at all three schools, with the high school highest at 26.4% and the middle lowest at 19.2%. The middle school's higher spending and smaller class sizes have not yet translated into higher proficiency.