Summary:
The city of Butternut, Wisconsin is home to a single high school, Butternut High, which serves grades 9-12. While the school has had some fluctuations in its statewide ranking, it currently ranks 284 out of 431 Wisconsin high schools and is rated 2 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger, suggesting its performance is below average compared to its peers across the state.
Butternut High has a 91.0% four-year graduation rate, which is slightly above the state average, and a 1.3% dropout rate, which is lower than the state average. However, the school has a higher than average chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7%. Its test scores on the Forward Exam and ACT are mixed, with the school performing above the state average in some subject areas but below average in others. The school serves a relatively high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 57.89% of its students receiving free or reduced-price lunch.
Despite the higher spending per student ($17,751 in 2020-2021) and smaller class sizes (7.8 student-teacher ratio), Butternut High's academic performance is still below average in many areas. This suggests that factors beyond just funding and staffing may be influencing the school's outcomes. The school's fluctuating ranking and mixed test scores indicate that there may be complex challenges that the school and the Butternut School District need to address to improve student outcomes.
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