Summary:
Westfield, Wisconsin is a small city served by three public schools in the Westfield School District — Westfield Elementary (PK–5), Westfield Area Middle (6–8), and Westfield Area High (9–12) — together enrolling 836 students across the full PK–12 span.
The district overall is rated 1 star and ranked 327 of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 24th percentile, but the three schools perform very differently. Westfield Area High is the clear standout, rated 3 stars and 65th percentile, above average in the state for three straight years. Its students scored 10.50 points above the state in Social Studies and 4.07 points above in Science, with Math essentially at the state line and ELA 1.20 points below. Its graduation rate is 91.8%, just 0.2 points under the state, and it spends the most per student at $19,062. Westfield Area Middle has the best attendance in the district — 13.1% chronic absenteeism, below both district and state — but ranked 34th percentile and has slipped from 52nd percentile three years ago. Westfield Elementary sits lowest at 25th percentile and 1 star, with the highest free/reduced lunch rate (55.64%) and chronic absenteeism (20.9%).
For parents, a few patterns stand out. Smaller classes are not translating into higher scores: the elementary school has the lowest student–teacher ratio at 11.4 yet generally the weakest proficiency, while the high school has the strongest results and the highest per-student spending. Attendance and achievement do not move together either — the middle school has the best attendance but a middling rank. Subject results also swing sharply year to year, such as elementary 4th grade Math dropping from 64.44% to 34.38%, which suggests small grade cohorts rather than steady trends. The middle school also reports an unusual 2.0% dropout rate, higher than the high school, district, and state.
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