Summary:
Chilton Elementary is the only elementary school in the Chilton School District, serving grades PK–4 for 375 students in Chilton, Wisconsin, at 421 Court St. The district is rated 3 stars / 65th percentile (151 of 432 districts). The school’s latest statewide rank is 312 of 1,039, 70th percentile, 4 stars in 2025-26, after ranking 471 of 1,044, 55th percentile, 3 stars in 2024-25 and 472 of 1,061, 56th percentile, 3 stars in 2023-24. That is a 159-position improvement year over year and a clear upward shift. These district and school rankings use different pools, so they are not perfectly comparable.
In 2025-26, the school scored above Wisconsin in all six reported Forward Exam areas. Math is especially strong: 3rd-grade math was 67.12% proficient vs. 54.75% statewide (+12.37 points), and 4th-grade math was 69.77% vs. 52.87% (+16.90 points). ELA also improved, with 4th grade rising from 53.03% to 62.79% (+9.76 points). Science had the largest one-year jump, from 46.97% to 63.95% (+16.98 points), moving from below state to 10.49 points above state. Social studies improved from 63.64% to 69.77%, though its +4.26-point margin over state was the smallest among the 2025-26 subjects. Across all six assessments, the school’s average rose from 58.48% to 65.38%, while the state average rose only about 0.79 points.
For families, attendance is another strength: 2024-25 chronic absenteeism was 8.1%, versus 7.9% in the district and 17.3% statewide—less than half the state rate. The school also reports 42.67% free/reduced lunch, $14,352 per-student spending, and an 11.7:1 student-teacher ratio. Since this is a single-school elementary dataset, there are no other district elementary schools to compare directly, and district test values mirror school values. Still, the trend is positive: above-state proficiency across subjects, strong math, and much lower absenteeism than the state. Parents should view the latest results as encouraging while noting the usual year-to-year variation in small grade-level cohorts.
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