Summary:
Cedar Grove, Wisconsin, is home to four schools serving about 850 students in the Cedar Grove-Belgium Area School District: one elementary (PK–4), one middle (5–8), and two high schools (grades 9–12 and 11–12). The district as a whole ranks 141 of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 67th percentile with 3 stars, but the individual schools tell a more interesting story than that overall number suggests.
Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle is the academic standout, ranked 46 of 643 (93rd percentile, 5 stars) with math and social studies scores often 25–30 points above the state and a 5.6% chronic absenteeism rate. Cedar Grove-Belgium High is close behind at 70 of 533 (87th percentile, 4 stars), with a 100% graduation rate and ACT math around 73% — though its Forward social studies score fell sharply from 63.49% to 40.0%, now below the state average. Cedar Grove-Belgium Elementary is a consistent performer at 4 stars with above-state results in every listed subject and the lowest absenteeism among the three core schools at 3.6%, although grade 4 ELA slipped from 71.21% to 62.96%.
Rocket Academy is the clear outlier: 481 of 533 (10th percentile, 0 stars), ACT proficiency around 12.5–18.75%, a 90% graduation rate, and a 3.3% dropout rate. It also has the city's highest per-student spending ($27,745) and highest student-teacher ratio (23.0), while the middle school achieves the best results on the lowest spending ($17,892). With only 23 students, Rocket Academy's percentages can swing wildly and shouldn't be read as stable trends. Notably, every school in the city sits well below the state's 17.3% chronic absenteeism rate.
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