Summary:
Cedarburg, Wisconsin has five public schools serving roughly 3,095 students in grades K-12, all part of the Cedarburg School District: three elementary schools (Thorson Elementary, Parkview Elementary, and Westlawn Elementary), one middle school (Webster Middle), and one high school (Cedarburg High). The district ranks 4th of 432 in Wisconsin — the 99th percentile — and every school earns five stars, so this is a consistently strong system rather than one standout school carrying the rest.
Parkview Elementary is the city's top performer, ranking 4th of 1,039 elementary schools and posting the highest proficiency average in Cedarburg (about 90.2), including 95.24 in 4th-grade mathematics and social studies. It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 2.0%. Westlawn Elementary is the biggest improvement story: its proficiency average rose about 5.4 points and its rank jumped from 33rd to 11th, even though it has the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 14.81%. Thorson Elementary remains excellent at 16th of 1,039, though its 3rd-grade reading and math results fell below district elementary averages.
Cedarburg High ranks 10th of 533 with a 98.2% graduation rate and a 0.1% dropout rate, far better than the state's 92.0% and 1.1%. Webster Middle ranks 10th of 643 with strong scores across subjects, though 8th-grade mathematics slipped from 95.12 to 87.14. Chronic absenteeism rises with grade level — from 2.0–3.3% in the elementaries to 6.8% at Webster Middle and 9.5% at the high school — but all remain well below the state's 17.3%. Per-student spending, meanwhile, does not track neatly with proficiency results.
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