Summary:
Beloit School District in Wisconsin serves about 4,915 students across 11 schools — six elementary, two middle, two high, and one alternative — and is ranked 426th of 432 districts in the state, at the 1st percentile with 0 stars. Memorial High is the largest school with 1,305 students; Beloit Virtual School is the smallest with 46. Free and reduced lunch rates average about 71%, showing economic disadvantage is district-wide rather than concentrated in one or two schools.
The strongest schools are Gaston Elementary and Aldrich Intermediate, both at the 16th percentile — the district's best — followed by Converse Elementary at 14, Todd Elementary at 13, and Memorial High at 10. These schools beat district averages in most subjects, though even their best results remain below Wisconsin averages. Aldrich leads middle school results, and Gaston posts the district's top elementary math and social studies proficiency. At the other end, Merrill Elementary ranks in the 1st percentile, has the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 83.93% and 50.0% chronic absenteeism, with 4th grade math proficiency as low as 3.57%. Beloit Learning Academy has the district's most severe outcomes: 85.6% chronic absenteeism, a 10.7% dropout rate, and a 72.0% graduation rate.
Chronic absenteeism is the district's biggest shared challenge: 42.7% district-wide versus 17.3% in Wisconsin, with every school above the state figure. Todd Elementary has the lowest rate among conventional schools at 26.4%; Beloit Virtual School and Beloit Learning Academy exceed 80%. Memorial High graduates 89.4% of students, above the district's 84.4%, but its ACT proficiency trails the state sharply, especially in math and science. Meanwhile, the highest-spending schools — Merrill Elementary at $18,304 per student and Beloit Learning Academy at $19,500 — show the weakest outcomes, and low student-teacher ratios have not produced better results. Several schools are improving: Memorial, Aldrich, and Gaston all moved up in rank percentile over three years.
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