Summary:
Shawano, Wisconsin, has one public high school in this data set: Shawano High, serving grades 9–12 with 702 students at 220 County Road B in the Shawano School District.
Because it is the only high school in the city, parents should compare it with district and state averages rather than other local high schools. It has a 94.7% graduation rate in 2024–25, above Wisconsin’s 92.0% and equal to the district’s 94.7%. Math ACT proficiency was 44.68% in 2024–25, above the state’s 42.73%. Chronic absenteeism is 20.2%, lower than the district’s 22.4% but higher than the state’s 17.3%, and the dropout rate is 1.5%, slightly above both the district’s 1.2% and the state’s 1.1%. The district is ranked 371 of 432, with a percentile of 14 and 1 star. Shawano High’s rank history declined from 2 stars in 2023–24 and 2024–25 to 1 star in 2025–26; its percentile fell from 40 to 35 to 27.
In 2025–26, Shawano High was below the state in every reported test-score subject. Social Studies was 29.22% versus the state’s 48.25%, a 19.03 percentage-point gap; ELA was 41.52% versus 48.47%; Math was 33.33% versus 42.93%; and Science was 28.65% versus 43.20%. Every subject declined from 2024–25: Social Studies by 6.30 points, ELA by 6.71, Math by 11.35, and Science by 13.19. The largest drops were in Science and Mathematics. In 2024–25, Math and ELA were close to or above the state, but by 2025–26 all four subjects were below state. Other context: 40.46% free/reduced lunch, $14,946 per-student spending, and a 14.8 student-teacher ratio. Overall, completion is stronger than proficiency, with Science, Social Studies, and Mathematics the most pressing academic concerns.
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