Augusta School District

Augusta School District in Wisconsin serves about 540 students across four schools — Augusta Elementary (PK–5, 215 students), Augusta Middle (6–8, 109), Augusta High (9–12, 144), and Wildlands Charter School (6–12, 72). The district as a whole is rated 3 stars and ranks 195 of 432 statewide (55th percentile), but that average hides large differences among its schools.

Wildlands Charter School is the standout: 4 stars, 79th percentile (rank 112 of 533), a 100% graduation rate (district 86.0%, state 92.0%), 0.0% chronic absenteeism, and 0.0% dropout. Its Forward Exam scores are mostly above state in ELA, math, social studies, and science — grade 8 ELA was 90.91% vs state 54.38% — and ACT ELA 66.67% and ACT Science 50% are above state, though ACT Math 41.67% is slightly below district and state. It is small (72 students), so grade-level results swing sharply year to year. Augusta Elementary is also strong and improving, rising from 46th percentile (2023–24) to 68th (2025–26) and from 2 to 3 stars, with 8.9% chronic absenteeism and all tested ELA grades above state; grade 4 math (80.77%), science (76.92%), and social studies (69.23%) were all above state.

Augusta High and Augusta Middle face the biggest challenges. Augusta High is 1 star, 22nd percentile, with 25.0% chronic absenteeism, an 82.5% graduation rate, and a 1.4% dropout rate; its bright spot is ACT Math at 42.5%, close to state, while ACT ELA, ACT Science, and grade 10 social studies lag well below state. Augusta Middle is 2 stars, 33rd percentile, with 24.2% chronic absenteeism, and all reported ELA, math, science, and social studies scores below state. Notably, Augusta High spends the most per student ($24,424) and has the smallest classes (7.5 ratio), while Wildlands spends the least ($13,597) with the largest classes (14.3) — spending alone does not predict outcomes here.