Best Public Schools in Antigo, WI

Antigo, Wisconsin is served by a single system, the Antigo Unified School District, which runs four schools totaling 1,571 students: Antigo High (grades 9–12, 781 students), Antigo Middle (grades 5–8, 451 students), West Elementary (PK–1, 185 students) and North Elementary (grades 2–4, 154 students). The grade bands fit together without overlap, so each building feeds exactly one next building — and because West serves only PK–1, it has no state-tested grades and its ranking history stops in 2018–19.

The district carries a rank of 342 of 432 (21st percentile, 1 star), but that label hides real differences between schools. Antigo Middle is the district's only 3-star school and its clear standout, moving from the 35th to the 55th percentile in two years, with 2025–26 Forward Exam results beating the state in 4 of 4 ELA grades and 3 of 4 math grades — including 6th grade ELA at 71.0% proficient versus 54.95% state. North Elementary has also improved, rising to 2 stars and the 37th percentile, with 4th grade science at 60.22% versus 53.46% state, though its math is soft. Antigo High is the concern: 1 star in all three years, trailing the state by 11–20 points in every 2025–26 10th-grade subject.

Attendance mirrors the grade ladder. Chronic absenteeism runs 9.6% at West Elementary (roughly half the state rate of 17.3%), 15.0% at the middle school, 23.6% at North and 39.0% at the high school — more than double the state. Resources flow toward poverty: FRL rises from 46.86% at the high school to 72.08% at North, which also has the smallest classes (9.9 students per teacher) and the highest per-pupil spending ($19,697, versus $13,730 at the high school). The takeaway: one improving middle school, two elementary schools with very different profiles and thin recent test data, and a high school with the weakest results, largest classes and worst attendance.