Summary:
The Baraboo School District in Wisconsin includes five elementary schools serving about 1,034 students. Four are PK–5 schools — East Elementary, Willson Elementary, Al Behrman Elementary, and North Freedom Elementary — totaling 999 students. The fifth, West Elementary-Kindergarten Center, serves only PK–K with 35 students. The district is ranked 282 of 432 districts, at the 35th percentile, with 2 stars.
Willson Elementary is the clear academic leader, ranked 386 of 1,039 schools in 2025–2026 at the 63rd percentile with 3 stars, with every reported subject-grade score above both district and state and an overall proficiency average of about 61.3. East Elementary, the largest school at 334 students, has improved the most, moving from the 37th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 52nd percentile in 2025–2026 with 3 stars. North Freedom Elementary has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 8.7%, far below the district’s 19.5% and the state’s 17.3%, and the only reported free/reduced-lunch rate among PK–5 schools at 2.91%, though its math results are weak. Al Behrman Elementary is the main concern, the only 1-star school at the 29th percentile, with just one of eight tested areas above both district and state. West Elementary-Kindergarten Center has no test or rank data because it does not serve tested grades.
Math is sharply polarized: Willson and East averaged 59.2 and 55.4, while North Freedom and Al Behrman averaged 44.6 and 44.3. Social Studies was a strength for Willson (77.6), North Freedom (75.0), and East (74.2), all above district and state, with Al Behrman the outlier at 45.8. Note that free/reduced-lunch data are blank for East, Willson, and Al Behrman — unknown, not zero.
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