Summary:
Iola, Wisconsin is served by two public schools in the Iola-Scandinavia School District: Iola-Scandinavia Elementary for grades PK–6 with 293 students, and Iola-Scandinavia High for grades 7–12 with 284 students, for a total enrollment of 577. There is no separate middle school or alternative school in this data set, and because the high school begins at grade 7 it also carries the middle-grade results. The district ranks 206 of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 52nd percentile with 3 stars.
The high school posted the most dramatic improvement in the area. Its 2025–2026 rank is 195 of 533, the 63rd percentile with 3 stars, up from the 30th percentile and 2 stars the year before. Graduation stands at 95.6% (state 92.0%), the dropout rate is 0.0% (state 1.1%), and chronic absenteeism is 6.5% versus the state's 17.3%. Tenth-grade ACT Math results are 60.47% proficient against 42.93% statewide, and ACT ELA is 55.81% versus 48.47%. ACT Science remains a gap at 39.53% versus 43.2%. The high school spends $18,026 per student, with a 12.5 student-teacher ratio and a 27.11% free/reduced lunch rate.
The elementary school is comparatively steady — 476 of 1039, 54th percentile, 3 stars — with strengths in 4th grade social studies (78.57% vs 65.51%), 4th grade science (64.29% vs 53.46%), 5th grade ELA (65.71% vs 53.63%) and 6th grade ELA (63.04% vs 54.95%). Chronic absenteeism is 7.5%, well below the state. Watch items include 3rd grade ELA, which fell from 62.96% to 40.00% against a state figure of 52.08%, and 6th grade math at 45.65% versus 53.6%. It spends $15,115 per student, with a 12.4 student-teacher ratio and a 36.86% free/reduced lunch rate.
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