Summary:
Stevens Point, Wisconsin has 12 public schools serving roughly 5,300 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, all within the Stevens Point Area Public School District — six elementary schools, two junior highs, three high schools, and one alternative program for court-placed students. The district as a whole ranks at the 51st percentile statewide, yet its individual schools generally outperform that, with a citywide median around the 63rd percentile.
Bannach Elementary is the city's clearest standout, ranked 205 of 1,039 elementaries (80th percentile, 4 stars), beating its district and the state on all ten tested measures with a composite proficiency near 69.5% versus the district's 57.5%. McDill Elementary has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the city at 5.1% and the lowest per-pupil spending ($13,802) while still ranking in the 67th percentile, including the city's highest 3rd-grade math result (80.85%). At the secondary level, Stevens Point Area Senior High climbed from the 60th to the 71st percentile over three years, earned 4 stars, and posts ACT Science and Math above the state alongside a 93.4% graduation rate. Benjamin Franklin Junior High and P J Jacobs Junior High serve similar populations but diverge sharply: Franklin ranked 67th percentile and beat the district on all six tested measures, while P J Jacobs fell to the 43rd percentile and declined in every measure.
A few citywide patterns matter for families: all six elementaries beat the state composite, and 4th-grade Social Studies is strong across the city. Chronic absenteeism ranges widely, from 5.1% at McDill to 20.9% at Madison Elementary. Some schools — including Point of Discovery School, Charles F Fernandez Center Alt Learning, and Juvenile Detention — serve very small or alternative populations, so their statistics are best read as descriptive context rather than measures of school quality.
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