Summary:
The Markesan School District serves roughly 721 students across four schools covering PK–12: Markesan Primary (PK–2), Markesan Intermediate (3–5), Markesan Middle (6–8), and Markesan High (9–12). The district ranks 204th of 432 districts in Wisconsin, placing it at the 53rd percentile with 3 stars. Markesan High is the largest school with 244 students, while the other three each enroll between about 150 and 165 students.
Markesan Middle stands out as the strongest overall performer: it ranks in the 63rd percentile, up from the 49th the year before, and has the district's lowest chronic absenteeism at 6.2%, the lowest student-teacher ratio at 10.9, and the highest per-student spending at $16,686. Markesan High ranks in the 59th percentile and is strong in Social Studies and 10th-grade math, but its graduation rate of 84.4% is 7.6 points below the state's 92.0%, and 10th-grade ELA proficiency fell from 55% to 43.1%. Markesan Intermediate ranks in the 51st percentile, with bright spots in 5th-grade math and 4th-grade social studies. Markesan Primary serves PK–2 and has no current state test scores, so attendance and staffing data are the main signals available.
Across the district, attendance is a clear strength — every Markesan school is below Wisconsin's 17.3% chronic absenteeism rate, with the Middle School lowest at 6.2% and the High School highest at 13.4%. Social Studies is a consistent bright spot at every level. The main concerns are high school ELA and graduation rates, 8th-grade math at the Middle School, and 3rd-grade math and 4th-grade ELA at the Intermediate. Overall, families will find above-state results in several subjects and better-than-state attendance.
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