Summary:
There are two elementary schools located in the city of Athens, Wisconsin, both part of the Athens School District: Athens Elementary, which serves grades PK–5 with 136 students, and Maple Grove Charter School, which serves grades K–5 with 94 students. Together they enroll about 230 students in this small, rural district, which is ranked 255 of 432 districts in Wisconsin and holds 2 stars.
The two schools are close in overall standing but have opposite academic strengths. Maple Grove Charter School is the clear leader in English Language Arts, exceeding the state in every tested grade in 2025–2026, and it also posts the stronger social studies and science results. Athens Elementary is the stronger school in math, beating Maple Grove in every grade in 2025–2026, and its 2024–2025 grade 4 social studies score of 82.35% was the highest single result in the data. Both schools rank near the middle of Wisconsin elementary schools in 2025–2026 — Athens Elementary at 628 of 1,039 and Maple Grove at 607 of 1,039 — after both saw a steep rank drop from 2023–2024 followed by a modest recovery.
Attendance is a bright spot for both. Chronic absenteeism is 1.7% at Maple Grove and 3.5% at Athens Elementary, far below the district's 6.0% and the state's 17.3%. Costs differ sharply: Athens Elementary spends $18,499 per student with a 10.5 student-teacher ratio, while Maple Grove spends $8,789 with a 12.3 ratio, though charter funding differences make that comparison hard to read. Grade-level groups here are small, so year-to-year swings should be treated as directional rather than definitive.
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