Best Public Schools in Lena, WI

Lena, Wisconsin has two public schools, both in Lena School District and both listed at 304 E Main St: Lena Elementary, serving PK–4 with 180 students, and Lena High, serving grades 9–12 with 124 students, with no middle school in the city-level data set. That means families in this small district see a combined listed enrollment of 304 students, and the data cover rank history from 2023–24 through 2025–26, attendance for 2024–25, graduation and dropout for the high school, and Forward/ACT proficiency for 2024–25 and 2025–26.

The two schools are moving in opposite directions. Lena Elementary was at 72nd percentile and 4 stars in 2024–25 but fell to 41st percentile and 2 stars in 2025–26, while Lena High rose from 33rd percentile and 2 stars to 51st percentile and 3 stars. The Lena School District is rated 31st percentile and 2 stars, which can hide those school-level differences. Attendance is a major contrast: Lena Elementary reports 3.4% chronic absenteeism, far below the district’s 7.5% and the state’s 17.3%, while Lena High reports 15.4%, still below the state but well above the district and elementary school. Lena High also has a 94.8% graduation rate, above the state’s 92.0%, though its 1.6% dropout rate is above the district’s 1.0% and the state’s 1.1%.

Subject results are uneven. At Lena Elementary, 2024–25 was strong in grade 4 Social Studies (86.67%), Science (70.00%), and Math (70.00%), but 2025–26 grade 4 ELA fell to 36.36% versus the state’s 53.87%, and Science fell to 45.45% versus 53.46%; grade 3 Math and grade 4 Social Studies remained above state. At Lena High, ACT ELA improved from 44.44% to 58.33% and Science from 40.74% to 50.00%, both above state in 2025–26, while Math declined from 48.15% to 37.50% and Social Studies remained a weakness at 32.00% then 35.48%, below state both years. Resources differ only slightly: Lena Elementary spends $17,437 per student with a 12.7 student-teacher ratio and 40.0% free/reduced lunch, compared with Lena High at $17,217, a 10.7 ratio, and 29.03% free/reduced lunch. With just 180 and 124 students, small cohort changes can move these percentages sharply.