Summary:
Loyal, Wisconsin is home to a single high school, Loyal High, which serves grades 9–12 with an enrollment of 168 students as part of the Loyal School District in this small rural community.
For parents, the strongest news is about completion. Loyal High posted a 97.3% graduation rate in 2024–2025, well above Wisconsin's 92.0%, and a dropout rate of just 0.6% compared with the state's 1.1%. Chronic absenteeism was 15.3%, better than the state's 17.3% but higher than the district's 9.1%, so attendance is worth watching at the school level. The school also moved up in the rankings, going from 1 star and 11th–12th percentile in 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 to 2 stars and 31st percentile in 2025–2026. Social Studies was the academic bright spot: 54.55% of 10th graders were proficient on the Forward Exam in 2025–2026, above the state's 48.25% and a large jump from 35% the prior year.
Academics are uneven elsewhere. On the ACT, Math proficiency fell to 25.64% in 2025–2026 against a state rate of 42.93% — the largest gap in the data. English Language Arts improved to 35.9% but remains below the state's 48.47%, and Science stayed consistently low at 28.21% versus 43.2%. District-wide results are weaker still: the Loyal School District is ranked 389 of 432, at the 10th percentile with 1 star. Context matters — per-student spending is $21,030, the student-teacher ratio is 12.8, and 40.48% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. With only about 42 students per grade, a few students can shift these percentages substantially, so year-to-year swings should be read with caution.
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