Summary:
The Cornell School District in northern Wisconsin contains just one high school: Cornell High, which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls about 100 students at 708 Bridge St in Cornell. Because it is the district's only high school, most school-level and district-level figures — test scores, graduation rate, and dropout rate — are identical, so there is no other local school to compare it against.
Cornell High stands out for completion and attendance. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 100%, well above Wisconsin's 92.0%, with a 0.0% dropout rate versus the state's 1.1%. Chronic absenteeism was 6.5% at the high school and 2.3% district-wide, both far below the state's 17.3%. In 2025–2026 the school exceeded state averages in English Language Arts (54.55% vs. 48.47%), science (45.45% vs. 43.2%), and social studies (50% vs. 48.25%). Social studies rose from 42.86% and ELA from 45% the year before. Its ranking also improved, moving from 2 stars and the 33rd–34th percentile in 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 to 3 stars and the 54th percentile in 2025–2026.
Mathematics is the clear area to watch: ACT proficiency was 31.82% in 2025–2026, about 11 percentage points below the state's 42.93%, and no prior-year math score is included, so it is not possible to tell whether math is improving, declining, or holding steady. With only 100 students, a change of a few students can shift percentages by several points, so multi-year trends and state comparisons are more reliable than single-year swings. Other context: 3% of students are eligible for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $15,044, and the student-teacher ratio is 17:1.
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