Summary:
Manitowoc, Wisconsin has 10 public schools—six elementary, two middle, one high school, and one alternative school for grades 1–12—educating 4,215 students in the Manitowoc School District, which ranks 385th of 432 Wisconsin districts (11th percentile, 1 star). Overall, the district is below Wisconsin in every reported test row, but school-level results vary widely.
Among the standouts, Riverview Elementary is the clearest success: it ranks 462nd of 1,039 (56th percentile, 3 stars), improved from 42nd percentile, and met or exceeded state proficiency in 7 of 8 reported 2025-26 test rows. Wilson Middle is the strongest middle school (36th percentile, 2 stars), has the district’s lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 38.91%, and chronic absenteeism of 17.2%, near the state’s 17.3%. It outperforms Washington Middle in most tested areas—for example, 6th grade ELA was 43.06% at Wilson versus 25.85% at Washington. Jackson Elementary has the lowest chronic absenteeism in Manitowoc at 7.4% and beats the district average in every 2025-26 test row, though still below state.
The biggest concerns are Lincoln High, the only traditional high school, which ranks 28th percentile (1 star), is below state in every core test—math 28.67% vs. 42.93%—and has a lower graduation rate (88.6% vs. 92.0%), higher dropout (2.4% vs. 1.1%), and 25.2% chronic absenteeism. Washington Middle has the highest traditional-school absenteeism at 28.9%. Jefferson Elementary and Monroe Elementary are both 12th percentile, 1 star, with high poverty and low proficiency. McKinley Academy at Stangel, the alternative school, serves 59 students and faces extreme needs: 69.6% chronic absenteeism, 8.9% dropout, 65.5% graduation, $36,998 per-student spending, and a 5.4 student-teacher ratio; it should be viewed separately from traditional schools.
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