Summary:
Port Wing, Wisconsin has just one high school: South Shore Junior/Senior High, which serves grades 7 through 12 with 91 students and belongs to the South Shore School District. Because there is only one school in this area, the most useful comparisons are between this school and the state of Wisconsin, and between the school's own recent years. The district is ranked 94 out of 432 Wisconsin districts, placing it at the 78th percentile with 4 stars.
South Shore is on a clear upward trajectory. Its state rank rose from 162 out of 431 (62nd percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–2025 to 74 out of 533 (86th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026. Tenth-grade ACT results in 2025–2026 are a major strength: 70% proficient in English Language Arts and Science, and 60% in Mathematics, versus state rates of 48.47%, 43.2%, and 42.93%. Grade 8 Forward Exam results were above state in 2025–2026 for ELA (66.67% vs 54.38%), Social Studies (77.78% vs 64.63%), and Science (55.56% vs 51.86%), and every reported Forward Exam subject in 2024–2025 beat the state, including grade 8 ELA at 85.71% vs 53.97% and grade 8 Social Studies at 85.71% vs 62.51%. Chronic absenteeism is 12.4%, better than the district's 18.4% and the state's 17.3%. Per-student spending is $24,569, with a 9.4-to-1 student-teacher ratio and a 46.15% free/reduced lunch rate.
Some 2025–2026 results lag behind: grade 7 ELA at 44.44% vs 55.33% statewide, grade 8 Mathematics at 44.44% vs 53.67%, and grade 10 Social Studies at 45.45% vs 48.25%. Grade 7 Mathematics was essentially tied with the state (55.56% vs 55.67%). The graduation rate is 91.3% vs the state's 92.0%, and the dropout rate is 2.1% vs 1.1%. With only 91 students, individual subject-grade percentages rest on small cohorts, so year-to-year swings should be read with caution.
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