Summary:
Wittenberg, Wisconsin has two public schools, both in the Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District: Wittenberg Elementary, serving prekindergarten through 8th grade with 449 students, and Wittenberg-Birnamwood High, serving grades 9–12 with 343 students — 792 students in total. There is no separate middle school or alternative school in this city. The district itself ranks 355th of 432 Wisconsin districts, in the 18th percentile with 1 star, and both schools carry that district rating, though their individual results differ.
The high school is the stronger performer on traditional measures. Its graduation rate is 95.5%, above the state's 92.0%, and its dropout rate is just 0.2%, well below the district's 0.7% and the state's 1.1%. It also reached the 63rd percentile with 3 stars in 2024–25, then slipped to the 33rd percentile with 2 stars in 2025–26. The elementary school's clearest strength is attendance: chronic absenteeism is 10.4%, lower than the district's 11.7% and the state's 17.3%, and its dropout rate is 0.0%. Its 2025–26 rank, however, is 824th of 1,039, in the 21st percentile with 1 star.
Academically, both schools trail the state. The elementary school averaged about 35.6% proficient in ELA and about 40.6% in math in 2025–26, against state averages of about 54.0% and 53.7%. Its weakest result is 3rd-grade ELA at 15.22%, compared with 52.08% statewide. The high school also fell below the state in 2025–26: ELA 42.11 vs 48.47, math 31.58 vs 42.93, science 39.47 vs 43.20, and social studies 33.77 vs 48.25, a decline across every tested area. Elementary results vary widely by grade, with some grades near state levels. Spending is $12,072 per student at the elementary school and $14,294 at the high school, with similar student-teacher ratios of 14.4 and 14.9.
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