Summary:
There is one elementary school in the Bruce School District in Wisconsin: Bruce Elementary, serving grades PK–5 with 199 students at 104 W Washington Ave in the small city of Bruce, WI. Because it is the district's only elementary school, its test scores are also the district's scores, so the meaningful comparison is between this school and the state of Wisconsin as a whole.
Academically, Bruce Elementary performs below the state average on every Forward Exam subject reported in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. In 2025–2026, gaps ranged from about 12 points below the state in 3rd-grade math to 35 points below in 4th-grade ELA. Overall proficiency slipped from 36.56% to 30.89%, driven by large declines in 4th-grade ELA (down 24.58 points), social studies (down 17.34 points) and science (down 17.03 points). Third and 5th grade did improve in both ELA and math, but not enough to close the gap. The school has been rated 1 star for three straight reported years, ranking 897 of 1,039 schools — the 14th percentile — in 2025–2026, its lowest in that window.
Attendance stands out as a strength: chronic absenteeism was 11.7%, below the Bruce School District's 12.6% and well below the state's 17.3%. The school also reports a low 10.3:1 student-teacher ratio and $18,736 in per-student spending, although test results have not risen along with those resources. Nearly all students — 97.99% — qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is important context when reading proficiency numbers.
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