Summary:
Brodhead, Wisconsin is served by the Brodhead School District, a small single-track system with exactly one school at each level — about 975 students across PK–12. Ronald R Albrecht Elementary enrolls 460 students in PK–4, Brodhead Middle serves 202 in grades 5–8, and Brodhead High has 313 in grades 9–12. The district is rated in the bottom quarter of Wisconsin districts, yet all three buildings earned 2 stars on their own — so the district label is harsher than any single Brodhead school.
Brodhead Middle is the strongest performer, with the smallest classes (10.6 students per teacher) and the highest per-pupil spending ($17,163). Its 8th grade science (+12 points above state) and social studies (+9) are the best results in the data, and 5th grade math is +8. But its 7th grade is far below state in both ELA and math — roughly 21 points each. Ronald R Albrecht Elementary has the area's best attendance (9.2% chronic absenteeism vs. 17.3% statewide), and its 4th grade is near state level in ELA, math, and social studies — though the current 3rd grade is about 11 points behind in ELA and 10 in math. Brodhead High graduates 96.2% of students (state: 92.0%) with a 0.0% dropout rate, but three of four tested subjects fall below state, and absenteeism is highest there at 20.0%.
Across 20 tested measures, Brodhead schools average about 49% proficiency versus 53% statewide. Absenteeism climbs steadily by level — 9.2%, then 17.2%, then 20.0%. And the cohort that scored 39.06% as 6th graders slipped to 33.85% as 7th graders, a group now moving toward high school.
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