Summary:
Cassville School District is a small rural district in southwestern Wisconsin serving about 171 students in just two schools: Cassville Elementary, which covers pre-kindergarten through 6th grade with 92 students, and Cassville High, which serves grades 7 through 12 with 79 students. Because there is no separate middle school, grades 7 and 8 are housed in the high school, so its results blend middle-school and high-school outcomes. The district overall is ranked 134th of 432 Wisconsin districts (69th percentile) with 3 stars — an average that masks two very different schools.
Cassville Elementary is the district's academic standout. In 2025–2026 it ranked 97th of 1,039 schools — the 91st percentile with 5 stars — up from 4 stars and the 76th percentile the year before. Every reported subject and grade scored above the state average, often by wide margins: 6th grade ELA and math both reached 100% proficient, 3rd grade math hit 90%, and 3rd grade ELA 80%. Chronic absenteeism was 12.7%, better than both the district (19.5%) and the state (17.3%).
Cassville High tells a more mixed story. Its completion results are excellent: a 100% graduation rate and a 0% dropout rate, versus 92.0% and 1.1% statewide. Yet its overall ranking slipped to the 43rd percentile with 2 stars, down from the 63rd percentile with 3 stars, even though many tested grades improved. Chronic absenteeism is 26.3% — more than double the elementary school's rate and well above the state. ACT ELA (58.82%) beat the state (48.47%), but ACT math and science (35.29% each) fell below it. Notably, the high school spends more per student ($24,098 vs. $20,651) and has smaller classes (6.8 vs. 8.3 students per teacher) than the elementary school, so resourcing alone does not explain the gap, and both schools serve similar shares of students from low-income families.
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