Summary:
The Cadott Community School District in Wisconsin serves roughly 800 students across three schools: Cadott Elementary (PK–5, 436 students), Cadott Junior High (6–8, 134 students), and Cadott High (9–12, 230 students). Districtwide, Cadott ranks 243rd of 432 Wisconsin districts — the 44th percentile, at 2 stars — but that average masks a wide internal spread, because the district figure sits much closer to the high school and junior high than to the elementary school.
Cadott Elementary is the clear bright spot, climbing from 38th percentile with 2 stars two years ago to 83rd percentile with 4 stars today, a 45-point percentile gain. Its Forward Exam results are above the state average in every listed subject and grade, with standout margins in 4th-grade social studies (85.45% vs. the state's 65.51%) and 4th-grade science (78.18% vs. 53.46%). It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 9.2%, compared with 14.1% districtwide and 17.3% statewide.
The other two schools look quite different. Cadott Junior High has slid from 68th to 50th to 40th percentile over three years, with ELA below the state in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades — the exception being 8th-grade math at 69.35% versus 53.67% statewide. Cadott High earns a 98.4% graduation rate and a 0.4% dropout rate, both strong, but its 2025–2026 ACT results fall below the state in ELA, math, and science, with math at 23.64% against 42.93%. It also carries the highest absenteeism at 24.5%. Notably, spending and class size don't track outcomes here: the high school spends the most per student ($19,665) with the smallest student-teacher ratio (11.7), yet posts the weakest current readiness scores.
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