High Schools in Chequamegon School District

There is one high school in the Chequamegon School District: Chequamegon High in Park Falls, WI, serving grades 9–12 with 196 students. Because it is the only high-school-level school in this area, all high-school insights below describe this single campus. The data includes ranking history for 2023–2024 through 2025–2026, graduation, dropout, chronic absenteeism, and test proficiency from the Forward Exam and ACT, plus context such as free/reduced lunch, per-student spending, and student-teacher ratio.

Academically, Chequamegon High shows its strongest signal in science: in 2025–2026, 55.81% of students were proficient, compared with 43.20% statewide, and it was also above state in 2024–2025. Math was above state in both years, though the margin narrowed from 54.90% vs. 42.73% to 44.19% vs. 42.93%. Social Studies rebounded from 40.48% (below the state’s 47.67%) to 52.63% (above the state’s 48.25%). The clearest academic concern is English Language Arts, where ACT proficiency fell from 49.02% to 30.23%, leaving the school 18.24 points below the state’s 48.47% in 2025–2026. The school earned 3 stars in each of the last three years, and its 2025–2026 percentile rank was 54, above the district’s 46th percentile and 2-star rating. About 41.33% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch; per-student spending is $19,302 and the student-teacher ratio is 11.6 to 1.

Outcomes are strong in completion but weaker in attendance. The graduation rate is 96.3%, above the state’s 92.0%, and the dropout rate is 0.5%, below the state’s 1.1%. However, chronic absenteeism is 23.4%, higher than both the district’s 16.1% and the state’s 17.3%, meaning roughly one in four students is chronically absent. Overall, Chequamegon High is a mixed-profile school: it has clear strengths in science, generally solid math, and strong graduation/dropout results, but ELA proficiency and chronic absenteeism are significant areas for parents to watch. Its 3-star rating and above-district percentile suggest it is not a low-performing school overall, though the subject-level and attendance data reveal meaningful room for improvement.