Summary:
Elk Mound, Wisconsin is served by three public schools in the Elk Mound Area School District: Mound View Elementary (PK–4, 456 students), Elk Mound Middle (5–8, 368 students) and Elk Mound High (9–12, 348 students), for a total enrollment of 1,172. The district ranks 87th of 432 Wisconsin districts — the 80th percentile — with a 4-star rating. Attendance is a district-wide strength: chronic absenteeism runs 2.9% to 5.9% across the three schools, compared with Wisconsin's 17.3%, and free/reduced lunch rates are nearly uniform, ranging from 25.27% to 27.01%.
Elk Mound Middle is the district's academic engine. In 2025–26 it ranked 51st of 643 Wisconsin middle schools — the 92nd percentile — with 5 stars, up from 80th percentile and 4 stars in 2023–24. Its math results are roughly 24–27 percentage points above the state across grades 5–8, and it beat the state in every subject tested. Mound View Elementary is steadier but also strong: 76th percentile and 4 stars in 2025–26, above the state in every subject, including 4th grade social studies at 83.54% versus 65.51%, with the lowest chronic absenteeism in the district at 2.9%.
Elk Mound High has a more mixed profile. It ranked 200th of 533 high schools — the 62nd percentile — with 3 stars, down from 85th percentile and 4 stars in 2023–24. Strengths include a 100% graduation rate, a 0.0% dropout rate, and math ACT proficiency of 55.79% versus the state's 42.93%. The clearest warning sign is science ACT proficiency at 38.95%, below the state's 43.20% and the only below-state result in the entire data set; ELA ACT also softened to 52.63% but remains above state. Notably, the middle school has the lowest per-student spending ($11,974) and highest student-teacher ratio (14.2) yet the best outcomes, while the high school spends the most ($13,906) with the lowest rank — a contrast, not proof of cause.
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