One City Schools Inc

One City Schools Inc is a very small Wisconsin district in Monona, where two schools — the PK–5 One City Elementary School and the 6–8 One City Preparatory Academy — serve 427 students combined, and the district ranks 424 of 432 Wisconsin districts, in the 2nd percentile, with 0 stars.

Between the two, the elementary school is the relative standout. It enrolls 328 students versus 99 at the middle school, and ranks 908 of 1,039 (13th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–26 compared with 581 of 643 (10th percentile, 0 stars). The elementary school has been steady at the 13th percentile with 1 star across 2023–24 through 2025–26, while the middle school has hovered around the 10th–11th percentile and slipped from 1 star to 0 stars. The elementary school also has lower chronic absenteeism (40.7% vs. 48.4%), lower free/reduced lunch (67.99% vs. 72.73%), and a higher student-teacher ratio (12.5 vs. 9.1). Both absenteeism rates far exceed the state's 17.3%.

Academically, math is the clearest weakness. The middle school's 2025–26 math average is 6.61% against a state average of about 54.31%, with 6th grade at 6.25%, 7th at 3.57% — the lowest single result in the data — and 8th at 10%; that subject fell from 16.15% the prior year. Elementary math averages 20.05% vs. 53.14% statewide, including 5th grade math at 11.43%. ELA is low but less extreme: 27.78% elementary and 28.45% middle versus roughly 53–55% statewide. Bright spots include elementary 4th grade ELA rising from 21.95% to 41.46%, 4th grade Social Studies at 53.66% (the only 2025–26 result above 50%), and 6th grade ELA improving from 20.59% to 37.5%. Offsetting declines include 5th grade ELA down 18.1 points and middle school math down 14.08 points in 7th grade. The middle school's dropout rate is 1.7% vs. 1.1% statewide, and the only spending figure available is $28,249 per student for the elementary school in 2020–21.