Summary:
Wautoma, Wisconsin has three public schools in the Wautoma Area School District, serving PK–12 students: Riverview Elementary (PK–3, 302 students), Parkside School (4–8, 480 students), and Wautoma High (9–12, 388 students), for 1,170 students total. Roughly 58% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the district rates 1 star, in the 12th percentile of Wisconsin districts (380th of 432).
Bright spots vary by school. Parkside School has the strongest early results and the lowest chronic absenteeism in the city at 9.1%; its 4th grade ELA (62.9%) and math (61.29%) and 5th grade ELA (57.14%) all top state averages. Wautoma High posts a 100% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, above the state’s 92.0% and 1.1%. Riverview Elementary has the smallest classes (11.8 students per teacher) and the highest per-student spending ($16,910), though spending and staffing do not line up simply with results.
Concerns cluster in the upper grades. At Parkside School, grades 6–8 fall well below state, with 6th grade math at 32.56% vs. 53.6% and 6th grade ELA at 36.05% vs. 54.95%. Wautoma High dropped sharply in 2025-2026, with ACT science at 28.57% vs. 43.2% state, math at 32.65%, and ELA at 39.8%. Riverview Elementary slipped too, its 3rd grade math at 37.93% vs. 54.75%. Social studies is a consistent weak spot across the city. All three schools, however, beat the state’s 17.3% chronic absenteeism rate.
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