Clear Lake School District

Clear Lake School District is a small Wisconsin district with three schools serving PK–12 students: Gaylord A Nelson Educational Center for grades PK–6, Clear Lake Junior High for grades 7–8, and Clear Lake High for grades 9–12, enrolling 527 students in the listed data and ranked 218th of 432 districts, at the 50th percentile with 2 stars.

For parents comparing schools, Clear Lake High has the strongest current rank (181st of 533, 66th percentile, 3 stars) and excellent completion: 97.8% graduation and 0.0% dropout, both better than state. Its ACT English, math, and science results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 and are now above state averages, but 10th-grade social studies is weak at 29.41% versus 48.25%. Clear Lake Junior High is the academic standout in math, science, and social studies: 7th-grade math is 68.75% and 8th-grade math is 67.5%, both well above state, while 8th-grade social studies is 72.5% and science is 57.5%. Its English language arts results are lower, with 7th grade at 50% and 8th grade at 42.5% versus state. Gaylord A Nelson Educational Center has the best attendance—3.8% chronic absenteeism versus 7.5% district and 17.3% state—and strong 6th-grade results: 70.27% in math and 64.86% in ELA. However, 4th grade ELA and math are both 33.33%, roughly 20 points below state.

Across the district, chronic absenteeism rises with grade level—3.8% elementary, 9.7% junior high, and 11.2% high school—but all three are below the state’s 17.3%. Clear Lake High moved from 1 star to 3 stars, the junior high moved from 4 stars to 3 stars, and the elementary stayed at 2 stars; with only 72 students in the junior high, grade-level swings can heavily affect results. Resource levels do not track neatly with outcomes: the junior high has the lowest per-student spending ($15,006) and highest student-teacher ratio (14.0), yet stronger results than the elementary school, which has the highest spending ($16,495) and lowest ratio (11.7). The district has strong attendance, high school completion, a standout junior high in several subjects, improving ACT results, and an elementary school with excellent attendance but a 4th-grade gap.