Summary:
Spooner, Wisconsin is served by three public schools in the Spooner Area School District: Spooner Elementary (PK–4), Spooner Middle (5–8), and Spooner High (9–12), with a combined enrollment of about 1,000 students. The district itself ranks #232 of 432 in Wisconsin, in the 46th percentile with 2 stars, but that aggregate figure masks real differences among the three schools.
Spooner Elementary has the clearest momentum, climbing from 48th percentile / 2 stars to 62nd percentile / 3 stars, with 3rd grade math at 68.18% proficient versus the state's 54.75% and 4th grade ELA at 66.22% versus 53.87%. Its main weakness is 4th grade math, at 48.65% versus 52.87%. Spooner High also earned 3 stars, with a 95.1% graduation rate versus the state's 92.0%, but chronic absenteeism of 22.9% is well above the state's 17.3%, and 2025–2026 ACT ELA came in at 41.77% versus 48.47%. Spooner Middle slipped to 2 stars, though it stands out for attendance (8.7% chronic absenteeism), the lowest student-teacher ratio at 11.3, and the highest per-student spending at $15,674.
Three patterns are worth noting for families. First, attendance does not map neatly onto achievement: the middle school has the best attendance but a declining rank, while the high school has the worst attendance yet the strongest graduation outcome. Second, resources do not simply predict results — the middle school spends the most per student, while the high school spends the least and posts the highest graduation rate. Third, math performance is uneven by grade: elementary 3rd grade math is far above state, 4th grade math below it, middle school 7th and 8th grade math above state, and 5th and 6th grade math below.
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