Baldwin-Woodville Area School District

The Baldwin-Woodville Area School District in western Wisconsin serves about 1,678 students across three schools — one elementary, one middle, and one high school — covering grades PK through 12, and is rated 106th of 432 districts statewide at the 75th percentile with 4 stars.

Baldwin-Woodville High is the district's flagship and the only 5-star school in 2025–2026, ranking 54th of 533 high schools (90th percentile) after a dip to 3 stars the prior year. Its graduation rate is 96.1% (state: 92.0%), its dropout rate is 0.0% (state: 1.1%), and its 10th grade ACT scores beat the state in every subject — ELA by about 20 points, math by about 15 points, and science by about 16 points. Greenfield Elementary, the largest school with 770 students, earned 3 stars and ranks 354th of 1,039 elementary schools (66th percentile); its 4th graders are a bright spot, scoring at least about 15 points above state in math, science, and social studies, and the school has the district's lowest chronic absenteeism at 11.2%. Viking Middle also holds 3 stars, ranking 243rd of 643 middle schools (62nd percentile), down from 4 stars; its 8th grade ELA is strong at 73.68% versus the state's 54.38%, but 6th grade math (45.08%) and 7th grade math (53.66%) both fell below state averages.

Every school in the district has chronic absenteeism below the state's 17.3%, ranging from 11.2% at Greenfield to 14.1% at the high school. Spending and class size don't simply explain results: Greenfield has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (30.52%) and lowest per-student spending ($13,094) yet posts some of the strongest grade-4 scores, while Viking Middle has the smallest classes (13.8 students per teacher) but slipped in the rankings, and the high school has the largest classes (16.1) with the strongest outcomes. The clearest trend is uneven momentum — the high school surged, elementary grades 4 and 5 improved while grade 3 dropped, and middle school math and science declined across all grades, making those the district's most visible priorities.