Summary:
Clear Lake School District has exactly one elementary school in this data — Gaylord A Nelson Educational Center in Clear Lake, WI — serving grades PK–6 with 266 students, so the district's elementary figures and the school's figures are the same. The surrounding Clear Lake School District ranks 218 of 432 districts statewide at the 50th percentile with 2 stars, while the school ranks 622 of 1,039 schools in 2025–2026 at the 40th percentile, also with 2 stars.
The school's clearest strength is attendance: chronic absenteeism is just 3.8% in 2024–2025, far below the district's 7.5% and the state's 17.3%. Academically, 6th grade is the standout, with ELA at 64.86% proficient and math at 70.27% proficient in 2025–2026 — math was 16.67 points above the state average. Third grade also improved sharply, with math rising from 27.27% in 2024–2025 to 56.76% in 2025–2026 and ELA climbing from 36.36% to 54.05%, putting both above state averages.
The main concern is 4th grade, where ELA and math both sat at 33.33% proficient in 2025–2026 — roughly 20 points below state in each subject — while social studies was 7.18 points below state and science was close to it. Fifth grade was also below state in both ELA and math, with math slipping from above state to below. The school's percentile rank moved from 47 to 32 to 40 across three years, staying at 2 stars. With 266 students, per-grade results rest on small numbers of students, so year-to-year swings should be read with caution. Other context: 38.72% free/reduced lunch, $16,495 per-student spending, and an 11.7 student-teacher ratio.
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