Summary:
Spencer, Wisconsin is served by two schools in the Spencer School District: Spencer Elementary, which covers pre-kindergarten through 5th grade with 290 students, and Spencer Junior High/High, which serves grades 6 through 12 with 329 students — roughly 619 students total, with no standalone middle school or alternative school in the city.
Spencer Elementary is the more consistent performer. It has earned 3 stars in each of the last three years and remains above the state median, though its ranking has slipped from the 65th percentile in 2023–24 to the 52nd percentile in 2025–26. In 2025–26 it beat the state in most tested subjects, including 4th grade ELA (66.67% vs. 53.87%), 4th grade science (61.54% vs. 53.46%), and 3rd and 4th grade math. Its chronic absenteeism is just 6.6% — far below the district's 11.1% and the state's 17.3% — and its student-teacher ratio of 10.6 is favorable. The main weak spot is 5th grade, where ELA and math fell below state.
Spencer Junior High/High tells a different story. Graduation (98.0%) and dropout (0.3%) rates are excellent — better than the state. But test performance has been volatile: its star rating moved from 2 to 3 to 1 over three years, and 2025–26 results dropped well below state in 7th grade ELA (41.46%), 6th grade math (44.90%), 8th grade science (33.33%), 10th grade social studies (30.43%), and all three ACT subjects. 8th grade math and 6th grade ELA remain strengths. Chronic absenteeism is 14.9%. With only two schools and small cohorts, year-to-year swings should be read with caution. The district's overall 1-star, 27th-percentile rating appears driven largely by the high school's current results.
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