Belmont Community School District

Belmont Community School District is a small Wisconsin district with two schools—Belmont Elementary (PK–6) and Belmont High (7–12)—serving 381 students total, with no standalone middle school because grades 7–12 are reported at the high school. The district is ranked 157th of 432 Wisconsin districts, 64th percentile, with 3 stars, and both schools earned 3 stars in 2025–2026; Belmont High has the slightly higher school-level percentile rank, 68th vs. Belmont Elementary’s 62nd.

Belmont Elementary’s standout metric is chronic absenteeism: 5.4%, far below the district’s 11.6% and the state’s 17.3%, and much lower than Belmont High’s 18.5%. Academically, it is strong in early grades: 4th-grade math 86.36% proficient vs. state 52.87%, 3rd-grade math 68% vs. 54.75%, 4th-grade science 68.18% vs. 53.46%, 4th-grade social studies 77.27% vs. 65.51%, and 3rd-grade ELA 64% vs. 52.08%. Its ranking rose from 45th to 50th to 62nd percentile. Belmont High’s ranking improved even more dramatically, from 25th to 51st to 68th percentile, and it has strong completion outcomes: a 94.1% graduation rate vs. state 92.0% and a 0.0% dropout rate vs. state 1.1%. Its strengths include 8th-grade social studies 77.78%, 7th-grade math 67.86%, 10th-grade social studies 59.26%, ACT Science 52.17%, and ACT ELA 52.17%, though ACT math is 39.13% vs. state 42.93%.

Both schools serve similar socioeconomic populations—free/reduced lunch is 34.74% at Belmont Elementary and 33.33% at Belmont High—but Belmont High spends more per student, $17,325 vs. $15,211, with a slightly higher student-teacher ratio, 10.8 vs. 10.3. Math performance is uneven across grades: Belmont Elementary is strong in 3rd and 4th grade but 5th-grade math is 46.15% vs. state 51.81% and 6th-grade math is 46.43% vs. state 53.6%; Belmont High is strong in 7th-grade math but 8th-grade math is 50% vs. state 53.67% and ACT math is below state. Social studies and science show momentum, with large 2025–2026 gains at both schools, but small cohorts make year-to-year swings volatile. Because the district has one school per tested grade span, district test scores effectively mirror school scores.