Summary:
Delavan, Wisconsin has four public schools, all within the Delavan-Darien School District, serving roughly 1,449 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade: one elementary school (PK–2), one middle school (5–8), and two high schools (9–12). The district overall ranks 412 of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 5th percentile with 0 stars, so the area's schools operate in a challenging overall context.
Delavan-Darien High is the largest school at 511 students and posts the strongest completion results in the group: a 96.8% graduation rate and 0.1% dropout rate, above the district (96.5% and 0.1%) and state (92.0% and 1.1%). Its test scores beat the district in all eight reported comparisons but trail the state in every case, and its rank percentile rose from 10 to 22, moving from 0 stars to 1 star. Phoenix Middle has the best attendance in Delavan at 8.7% chronic absenteeism, about half the state rate of 17.3%, yet every reported test comparison falls below the Wisconsin average, with 8th grade math a persistent weakness at 25.41% proficient against a state rate around 53–54%.
Turtle Creek Elementary serves PK–2 and has no current test scores or rank; it has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (65.77%), highest per-student spending ($19,882), and lowest student-teacher ratio (10.1). Delavan Darien Technical School Inc is the outlier: just 93 students, the lowest spending at $5,950, the highest student-teacher ratio at 23.8, and very low proficiency — ACT ELA at 5.88%, ACT Math at 11.76% — yet a 93.3% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate. Free/reduced lunch across all four schools ranges from 54.21% to 65.77%, showing economic need is common district-wide.
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