Summary:
Rubicon, Wisconsin has just one listed school — Honor Intermediate, a middle school serving grades 5–8 with 128 students in the Herman-Neosho-Rubicon School District. The area summary lists 0 elementary, 1 middle, 0 high, and 0 alternative schools, so parents here have a single-school case study rather than a set of options to compare.
Honor Intermediate's headline story is a rapid rise in state rankings. It went from 499 of 641 schools (22nd percentile, 1 star) in 2023-24 to 217 of 628 (65th percentile, 3 stars) in 2024-25 and 155 of 643 (76th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025-26 — an improvement of 344 rank positions and 54 percentile points in two years, moving from the bottom quartile to the top quartile. The district itself ranks 93 of 432, at the 78th percentile with 4 stars. In 2025-26, 8 of 10 listed assessments scored above state proficiency, and the school's average proficiency was 63.96 versus the state's 54.95. Grade 8 is the academic standout: math reached 81.82 (28.15 points above state) and social studies 81.82 (17.19 above state). Grade 7 also improved in both subjects, with math at 70.00 and ELA at 66.67. Grade 5 is the relative weak point, with ELA at 52.94 versus state 53.63 and math at 50.00 versus state 51.81.
Non-academic indicators are also favorable: the dropout rate is 0.0 versus 1.1 statewide, and chronic absenteeism is 8.4% — well below the state's 17.3%, though higher than the district's 5.0%. Free/reduced lunch is 17.19%, per-pupil spending is $16,218, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.4. With only 128 students across four grades, each cohort is small, so year-to-year percentage swings can be large and should be read with caution.
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