Brighton #1 School District

There is exactly one school in the Brighton #1 School District in Wisconsin: Brighton Elementary, a small PK-8 building serving about 196 students. Because the district has only this one campus, every school-level number is also the district-level number, so the only useful comparison point is the Wisconsin state average. One quirk worth knowing: the state files this PK-8 school under the "elementary" category even though it teaches grades 6-8.

The good news is real. Brighton Elementary scored above the Wisconsin average in both English/language arts and math in both years of available test data, and 10 of 16 grade-and-subject results in 2025-26 beat the state. Third grade stands out most, with 90.48% proficiency in both ELA and math — roughly 36 to 38 points above state — while 8th grade is above state in all four subjects, including +18.7 points in social studies. Attendance is the school's most exceptional metric: 6.2% chronic absenteeism versus 17.3% statewide, and a 0.0% dropout rate versus 1.1% statewide. About 20.41% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $11,884, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.6 to 1.

The concern is direction of travel. The school's state percentile rank has slid from 90 to 72 to 52 over three years, even as its scores stayed above average — meaning other schools caught up or pulled ahead. Average math proficiency fell about 9 points year over year while state math held flat, and ELA slipped about 3 points while state ELA rose slightly. The weak spots are concentrated in 4th grade (below state in all four subjects, with ELA 15.8 points under) and 6th grade math (13.6 points under). With only about 13-24 students per tested grade, single results swing easily, but the two-year pattern of a shrinking margin over state is consistent enough to watch.