Summary:
Goodman, Wisconsin is home to just two public schools, both part of the Goodman-Armstrong Creek School District: Goodman High, which serves grades 7–12, and Goodman-Armstrong Elementary, which serves grades PK–6. Together they enroll only 73 students, making this one of the smallest rural districts in the state. Middle school grades are housed inside the high school building, and there is no alternative school. The district as a whole ranks 352 of 432 schools, at the 19th percentile with 1 star.
The two schools look very different. Goodman High is currently the stronger of the two, ranked 286 of 533 (46th percentile, 2 stars) and up from 1 star in 2020–2021. Its math results stand out: 50% of 10th graders were proficient on the ACT vs. 42.93% statewide. Graduation is 91.6% (state: 92.0%) and the dropout rate is 0.0%, though chronic absenteeism is 42.1% — far above the district's 25.7% and the state's 17.3%. ELA (37.5%) and Science (37.5%) trail state averages. Goodman-Armstrong Elementary is the opposite story: attendance is excellent at 8.3% chronic absenteeism, but achievement is weak and its rank has slid from 3 stars (69th percentile) in 2021–2022 to 1 star (23rd percentile). Third-grade ELA (16.67% vs. 52.08%) and fourth-grade math (14.29% vs. 52.87%) are far below state, while fourth-grade Science (57.14% vs. 53.46%) is above it.
Resource inputs are high and class sizes tiny: Goodman High spends $35,432 per student with a 4.9 student-teacher ratio, versus $28,315 and 5.9 at Goodman-Armstrong Elementary. Because cohorts are so small, a single student can shift a grade-level rate by roughly 14–17 points, so year-to-year swings deserve caution. The clearest concerns are attendance at the high school and achievement at the elementary school.
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