Summary:
Barneveld, Wisconsin is a small community served by three public schools — Barneveld Elementary (PK–5), Barneveld Middle School (6–8), and Barneveld High (9–12) — all in the Barneveld School District, which enrolls 443 students and ranks 158th of 432 Wisconsin districts (63rd percentile, 3 stars). The elementary school is the largest, with 229 students, followed by the high school at 118 and the middle school at 96.
Barneveld Elementary is the district's academic engine. It ranked 82nd of 1,044 schools in 2024–2025 (92nd percentile, 5 stars) and 255th of 1,039 in 2025–2026 (75th percentile, 4 stars). Its 2025–2026 proficiency rates are far above state in most core areas — 85.71% in 5th grade ELA, 88.89% in 3rd grade math — though 4th grade social studies and science fell below state. Its chronic absenteeism of 2.6% is exceptionally low. Barneveld Middle School is the clearest concern: it slipped from the 81st percentile in 2023–2024 to the 53rd percentile in 2025–2026, with math still above state in grades 6 and 7 but ELA, social studies, and science below state. Barneveld High posts a 95.8% graduation rate (vs. 92.0% state) and a 0.8% dropout rate, plus strong 10th grade social studies (72.22% vs. 48.25% state), but its ACT ELA and science results trail state.
Chronic absenteeism climbs sharply by grade level: 2.6% elementary, 5.2% middle, 12.3% high, against 5.9% district and 17.3% state — making the high school the main driver of the district average. Free/reduced lunch is low and similar across all three schools (11.02%–13.54%), while per-student spending ($15,100–$18,376) and student-teacher ratios (9:1 to 13.3) do not line up simply with outcomes. Because these are small schools with small cohorts, single-year swings in percentages can be large, so broad trends matter more than any one result.
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