Summary:
Kaukauna, Wisconsin has seven schools serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade in the Kaukauna Area School District — five elementary, one middle, and one high school — with 4,044 students enrolled. The district ranks 90th of 432 in Wisconsin, placing it in the 79th percentile with 4 stars. Enrollment is roughly 41.4% elementary, 28.7% middle, and 29.9% high school; Kaukauna High (1,210 students) and River View School (1,160) together account for about 58.6% of all students.
Two elementaries lead academically. New Directions Learning Community ranked 127th of 1,039 schools in 2025-2026 (88th percentile, 4 stars), after 98th percentile and 5 stars in 2024-2025 and 99th percentile and 5 stars in 2023-2024. Park Community Charter School is nearly tied at 125th of 1,039 (88th percentile, 4 stars) and is the only elementary above the district average in all six reported 2025-2026 elementary tests. River View School earned 4 stars in all three years shown and posts a 0.0% dropout rate, while Kaukauna High rose from 3 stars to 4 stars in 2025-2026, with a 95.8% graduation rate.
Every reported 2025-2026 test score in the city is above the state average, and every school sits below the state chronic absenteeism rate of 17.3%. Haen Elementary shows the sharpest contrast: the highest FRL rate (51.39%), the highest per-student spending ($15,878), and the lowest student-teacher ratio (11.7), yet the lowest 2025-2026 rank among ranked schools at 53rd percentile and 3 stars, with scores above state but below district averages. Quinney Elementary slipped from 80th percentile and 4 stars to 70th percentile and 3 stars. Spending and class size show no simple relationship with outcomes.
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