Summary:
Campbellsport School District is a 4-star, above-average rural district in Dodge/Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, serving roughly 1,299 students across four schools on a single PK–12 pipeline: one high school (grades 9–12), one middle school (6–8), and two elementary schools (PK–5). It ranks 105th of 432 Wisconsin districts — the 76th percentile. Only the high school reports graduation data, and all four schools report chronic absenteeism.
Two buildings carry the district. Eden Elementary is the standout, spending the most per student ($15,662), running the smallest classes (10.5 students per teacher), and posting the lowest chronic absenteeism in the district at 2.2% — about one-eighth of the state's 17.3%. Campbellsport Middle is the most consistent, rated 4 stars in all three reported years, with 6th-grade math at 84.42% proficient versus 53.6% statewide. Campbellsport High is a study in contrasts: a 99.1% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, but middle-of-the-pack academics and a chronic absenteeism rate of 16.0%. Campbellsport Elementary is steady and improving, with 9.0% absenteeism.
For parents, three patterns stand out. First, attendance mirrors achievement almost perfectly — the schools with fewer absences are the schools with higher test scores, and every Campbellsport building beats the state absenteeism rate. Second, poverty levels do not explain which schools perform best here; the district's strongest building is not its lowest-poverty one. Third, comparing the two elementaries — similar size and similar poverty rates — Eden leads in most tested subjects, often by 20-plus points, though both generally sit at or above state averages. Class size lines up with results more cleanly than spending does, with the high school the notable exception: it spends the second-most yet ranks lowest academically. Social studies scores swing widely year to year; with grade-level cohorts of 25–30 students, those jumps are best read as noise rather than decline.
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