Best Public Schools in Fontana, WI


Summary:

The city of Fontana, Wisconsin is home to a single school, Fontana Elementary, which serves grades PK-8 and has a total enrollment of 203 students. Fontana Elementary is part of the Fontana J8 School District, which is ranked 110 out of 426 school districts in Wisconsin and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Fontana Elementary appears to be a relatively strong-performing school, consistently outperforming the state average on the Forward Exam, a standardized test used in Wisconsin. In 2024-2025, the school had significantly higher proficiency rates than the state in English Language Arts (ranging from 52.17% to 85% proficient) and Mathematics (ranging from 43.48% to 81.25% proficient). The school's performance on the Forward Exam Social Studies and Science tests is also impressive, with proficiency rates well above the state average. Additionally, Fontana Elementary has a relatively low dropout rate of 1.3% for the 2023-2024 school year, compared to the state average.

Fontana Elementary has a student-teacher ratio of 9.3 to 1, which is very low, and per-student spending of $18,156 (2020-2021 school year), which is higher than the state average. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% (2023-2024 school year) is somewhat higher than the state's average, which could be an area for improvement. Overall, Fontana Elementary appears to be providing a quality education to its students, with strong academic performance and significant investment in resources.








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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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