Summary:
Reedsburg, Wisconsin has five public schools in the Reedsburg School District: three elementary schools (Prairie Ridge Intermediate serving grades 3–5, plus Pineview Elementary and West Side Elementary, both PK–2), one middle school (Webb Middle, grades 6–8), and one high school (Reedsburg Area High, grades 9–12). Together they enroll 2,554 students, with the high school the largest at 34.8% of the total and West Side the smallest at 7.8%. The district ranks 277th of 432 Wisconsin districts, at the 36th percentile with 2 stars.
The clearest bright spots are math and completion. Prairie Ridge's 4th grade stands out sharply: 70.25% proficient in math versus 52.87% statewide (+17.38 points), 63.92% in science versus 53.46% (+10.46), and 68.99% in social studies versus 65.51% (+3.48). Prairie Ridge also has the lowest chronic absenteeism among the five schools at 11.2%, below the district's 18.4% and the state's 17.3%. Webb Middle's 6th- and 7th-grade math are above state (57.07% and 60.33%), and Reedsburg Area High posts a 96.3% graduation rate with a 0.7% dropout rate, both better than state, plus above-state ACT math and social studies.
English language arts is the persistent weak area. Prairie Ridge's 3rd- and 5th-grade ELA and several Webb Middle ELA grades fall below state, including 8th-grade ELA at 40.64%, 13.74 points under state, a sharp reversal from the prior year. Reedsburg Area High shows a completion-and-engagement split: strong graduation numbers alongside 27.9% chronic absenteeism and ACT ELA and science below state. Resources also differ widely — West Side has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (61.11%), the highest per-pupil spending ($18,599), and the lowest student-teacher ratio (9.9), while the high school has the lowest spending ($13,270) and highest ratio (15.0). Pineview and West Side have no current test scores because they serve PK–2, so achievement comparisons only cover the other three schools.
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