Summary:
Dodgeville, Wisconsin is served by the Dodgeville School District, which has three public schools: Dodgeville Elementary (PK–4, 385 students), Dodgeville Middle (5–8, 283 students), and Dodgeville High (9–12, 367 students). There is no alternative school. Combined enrollment is 1,035. The district itself is ranked 170 of 432 in Wisconsin, the 61st percentile with 3 stars — but that single rating hides large differences among the three schools.
Dodgeville Elementary and Dodgeville High both earned 4 stars in 2025–26. The elementary school ranks 294 of 1,039 (72nd percentile) and posts the strongest test results in the city: 3rd grade math at 79.17% proficient versus the state's 54.75%, with 4th grade math, ELA, science, and social studies also above state. Its watch item is chronic absenteeism at 8.1%, higher than the district's 4.2% but far below the state's 17.3%. Dodgeville High ranks 149 of 533 (72nd percentile) and has earned 4 stars in each of the last three years. It reports a 100.0% graduation rate, 0.2% dropout, and 1.1% chronic absenteeism, with social studies, ELA, and science above state. However, ACT math fell below state at 40.24 versus 42.93, a sharp reversal from 2024–25.
Dodgeville Middle is the outlier: 4 stars and the 70th percentile in 2023–24, then 2 stars in both 2024–25 and 2025–26, currently the only school below the 50th percentile. Its 7th grade ELA and math and its 8th grade math all trail the state, though 6th grade math and ELA and 8th grade science beat state. Its attendance and dropout numbers are actually good (3.7% chronic absenteeism, 0.0% dropout), so academics, not attendance, are the concern.
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