Summary:
The city of Knapp, Wisconsin has just one public school: Knapp Elementary, an elementary school serving students in grades PK through 5, with 91 students enrolled. It is part of the Menomonie Area School District and is located at 110 South St. Because it is the only school in the area, parents cannot compare it with a neighboring Knapp school — the most meaningful comparisons are against its own district and against the state of Wisconsin.
Knapp Elementary earns a 3-star rating for 2025–2026 and ranks 367 of 1039 Wisconsin schools, placing it at the 65th percentile, above the state median. Its district, by contrast, holds a 2-star rating and sits at the 47th percentile (228 of 432 districts). On the Forward Exam, the school outperformed its district on 7 of the 8 listed tests in 2025–2026 and beat the state on 6 of 8. Standout results included 3rd grade English Language Arts at 80% proficient (district 47.71%, state 52.08%), 5th grade Math at 71.43% (district 56.43%, state 51.81%), 4th grade Social Studies at 75%, and 4th grade Science at 65%. Averaged across all listed tests, the school scored 63.3%, versus 53.0% for the district and 54.7% for the state. The weakest relative area was 3rd grade Math, at 50% — above the district's 47.71% but below the state's 54.75%.
Beyond test scores, chronic absenteeism is 11.0%, lower than the district's 15.3% and the state's 17.3%. Free/reduced lunch participation is 34.07%, per-student spending is $14,961, and the student-teacher ratio is a low 9.2. One thing to watch: the school's rating slipped from 4 stars and the 78th percentile in 2023–2024 to 3 stars and the 65th percentile in each of the last two years, and with only 91 students, a handful of children can shift grade-level percentages noticeably.
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