Best Public Schools in Juda, WI

Juda, Wisconsin is a small community in Green County with just two public schools, both part of the Juda School District: Juda Elementary, which serves grades PK–8, and Juda High, which serves grades 9–12. Together they enroll 258 students — 178 at the elementary and 80 at the high school. Both schools share the same address, so students attend what amounts to a single K–12 campus, with no separate middle school and no alternative schools in the area. The district as a whole is rated 2 stars, ranking 269th of 432 districts in Wisconsin, at the 38th percentile.

Juda Elementary is the stronger performer of the two. It holds 3 stars and ranks 466th of 1,039 schools, at the 55th percentile, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 7.5% is less than half the state's 17.3%. Test results are strong in several grades, including 6th grade ELA at 75.00%, 3rd grade math at 71.43%, and 4th grade social studies at 72.22%. Eighth grade is the clear weak spot, with math, social studies, and science all below state averages. By contrast, Juda High posts excellent completion results — a 100.0% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate — and chronic absenteeism of 12.0%, still under the state's 17.3%. Its rank is 329th of 533, at the 38th percentile with 2 stars, and its ACT results trail the state in ELA (38.89% vs. 48.47%), math (38.89% vs. 42.93%), and science (33.33% vs. 43.20%).

For parents, the practical picture is a district with two very different profiles: a solid elementary school with above-average academics and attendance, and a high school that gets students to graduation reliably but has room to grow on college-readiness tests. Both schools serve a similar population, with free/reduced lunch rates of 53.37% at the elementary and 51.25% at the high school. Juda High spends more per student ($19,597 versus $16,361) and has a lower student-teacher ratio (9.9 versus 10.9), yet its test scores remain below state averages. Because grade cohorts are small, year-to-year score swings — such as 4th grade math falling from 68.42% to 38.89% — should be read cautiously rather than as clear instructional trends.