Summary:
Monticello, Wisconsin is served by three public schools — Monticello Elementary (PK–5, 131 students), Monticello Middle (6–8, 58 students), and Monticello High (9–12, 100 students) — all sharing one campus at 334 S Main St and enrolling 289 students in total. The Monticello School District is ranked 306th of 432 Wisconsin districts, in the 29th percentile with 1 star, though district ratings and building ratings are drawn from different comparison pools.
Among the three buildings, Middle currently ranks highest at the 50th percentile with 3 stars, after a standout 2024-25 at the 72nd percentile. It also has the lowest free/reduced lunch (31.03%), the lowest student-teacher ratio (8.0), and the highest per-student spending ($22,240), and its 2024-25 8th-grade results in ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Science were all above state. High has the best completion outcomes in the district: a 100% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, plus ACT ELA above state. But its rank fell from the 70th to the 35th percentile, driven largely by 10th-grade Social Studies dropping from 86.36% to 21.88%. Elementary has been the steadiest, holding in the low-to-mid 40s percentile range, with clear strengths in 5th-grade ELA at 72% and in 3rd- and 4th-grade Math, but weak spots in 5th-grade Math at 32% and 4th-grade Science.
Attendance is a district-wide strength: chronic absenteeism is 12.5% at Elementary, 13.2% at Middle, and 15.8% at High, all below Wisconsin's 17.3%. Middle also reports a 5.0% dropout rate, which is unusual for a middle school and likely reflects a very small number of students. Because enrollment is small — and grade-level cohorts are smaller still — year-to-year swings can be exaggerated by just a few students, so parents should weigh multi-year patterns over single-year results.
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