Elkhorn Area School District

The Elkhorn Area School District educates roughly 3,515 students across seven schools serving prekindergarten through 12th grade. The district is ranked 122nd of 432 in Wisconsin — the 72nd percentile — with 4 stars. Its schools are Elkhorn Area High (grades 9–12, 953 students), Elkhorn Area Middle (6–8, 659), three elementaries — Jackson Elementary (485), Tibbets Elementary (431), and West Side Elementary (406) — plus Elkhorn Options Virtual School (PK–12, 335) and Career and College Academy (6–12, 246). Because tests span different grades and exams, compare schools with care.

Tibbets Elementary is the district's academic flagship, holding 5 stars in all three years and topping every listed 2025–2026 test (Social Studies 4th 96.72%, Math 4th 86.89%), with 1.4% chronic absenteeism and the lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 23.9%. West Side Elementary is the most improved, climbing from the 56th to the 83rd percentile, with Math 5th at 86.96% and the district's lowest student-teacher ratio at 12.0. Elkhorn Area High posts the strongest completion outcomes — a 96.9% graduation rate and 0.4% dropout rate — though its 13.5% chronic absenteeism sits well above the district's 6.0%.

The two alternative settings tell opposite stories. Options Virtual shows high proficiency in many tested grades (Social Studies 10th at 100%) and just 0.3% absenteeism, yet its 82.6% graduation rate and 2.7% dropout rate trail district and state. Career and College Academy has the lowest test results, 15.9% absenteeism, the lowest spending ($5,491) and highest ratio (25.8), but a 92.7% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate. Meanwhile, Jackson Elementary slid from the 85th to the 60th percentile, making it one to watch. Spending and class size do not track simply with achievement.