Schools in Ellsworth, WI

Ellsworth, Wisconsin is a small city in Pierce County served by three public schools in the Ellsworth Community School District: Ellsworth Elementary (PK–5, 734 students), Ellsworth Middle (6–8, 325 students), and Ellsworth High (9–12, 538 students), for a total enrollment of 1,597.

All three schools carry a 3-star rating, and the district ranks 176th of 432 Wisconsin districts, at the 59th percentile. Currently the three schools sit at the 61st, 64th, and 61st percentiles, so all are at or above the district mark. Ellsworth Middle has the strongest current rank (229 of 643, 64th percentile) and the strongest resource profile, spending $17,357 per student with the lowest student-teacher ratio at 12.0, though its rank has slipped from a 78th-percentile, 4-star peak in 2023–2024. Ellsworth Elementary has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 6.8% despite the highest free/reduced-price lunch rate at 32.83%, and posted the largest year-over-year test composite gain. Ellsworth High has the best completion outcomes, with a 97.9% graduation rate and 0.1% dropout rate, but its chronic absenteeism of 14.7% is more than double the elementary and middle schools, though still below the state's 17.3%.

Science and social studies are consistent strengths across all levels, including strong 4th-grade, 8th-grade, and 10th-grade social studies results. Math is the most uneven area: elementary math averages above state but 3rd-grade math is below, middle math is essentially tied with state but 7th-grade math is below, and high school ACT Math (38.21% vs 42.93%) and ACT ELA (47.15% vs 48.47%) both trail state. The clearest opportunities are math consistency and the middle school's rank trend.