Bangor School District

Bangor School District in Wisconsin serves 665 students across two schools: Bangor Elementary, covering grades PK–5 with 313 students, and Bangor Middle/High, housing grades 6–12 with 352 students. The district is rated 212th of 432 Wisconsin districts, placing it at the 51st percentile with 3 stars. There is no separate middle school, so grades 6–8 share a campus with the high school.

Bangor Middle/High is the standout, with a dramatic turnaround: its rank rose from 346th of 431 (20th percentile, 1 star) in 2024–2025 to 166th of 533 (69th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026. It performed above the state in 9 of 12 reported assessments, including 8th grade math (67.57% vs. 53.67%), 10th grade social studies (62.00% vs. 48.25%) and ACT Science (53.19% vs. 43.20%). Its graduation rate of 93.6% exceeds Wisconsin's 92.0%, its dropout rate is 0.0% versus the state's 1.1%, and chronic absenteeism is 11.3% versus 17.3% statewide. Gaps remain in 6th and 7th grade ELA and in ACT Math (36.17% vs. 42.93%).

Bangor Elementary tells a different story: chronic absenteeism is just 6.3%, well below the district's 9.1% and the state's 17.3%, and 3rd grade ELA, 5th grade ELA and 5th grade math were above state. But its rank fell from 273rd of 1,061 (74th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024 to 612th of 1,039 (41st percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026, and 4th grade was below state in ELA, math, science and social studies — science by 18.58 points. With roughly 300 students per school, year-to-year swings can reflect cohort changes as much as school-wide trends.