Summary:
Readfield, Wisconsin is home to exactly one public school: Readfield Elementary, a PK–4 building serving 121 students as part of the New London School District. Because it is the only school in the area — and because it ends at grade 4 — the academic picture rests on just two tested grade levels, grades 3 and 4, with no middle or high school results available. The school's profile is small but well-resourced: a 14.5-to-1 student–teacher ratio, $15,484 in per-student spending, and 17.36% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. With roughly 20 students per grade, a single student moving in or out of "proficient" shifts a grade-level score by about 4.8 percentage points.
The clearest strengths are mathematics, social studies, and attendance. Over two years, math proficiency averaged 73.5% against a state average of 54.2%, and social studies averaged 78.0% against the state's 64.6% — both comfortably above district and state. Chronic absenteeism stands at 4.5%, well under the district's 7.7% and roughly one-quarter of the state's 17.3%, which is one of the strongest attendance figures a school of this size can post. Readfield also outranks its own district, which carries a 2-star rating and a 45th-percentile rank.
The caution is in the trend. Readfield's state ranking slipped from the 80th percentile to the 79th and then to the 58th percentile in 2025‑26, a 21-point decline, and its average proficiency edge over the state narrowed from about 15 points to about 5. English Language Arts is the consistent weak spot — 3rd-grade ELA fell to 42.86%, below both district and state — and science dropped 26 points in one year, from 76.19% to 50%. Those swings equal only a few students each, so the right read is a narrowing margin rather than a collapse, with early literacy the highest-value area to watch.
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