Summary:
There is one high school in the Elmwood School District: Elmwood High, serving grades 9–12 in Elmwood, Wisconsin, with 90 students. Since it is the district's only high school, there is no in-district comparison to weigh; the useful benchmarks are the district average, the state, and the school's own history. About 36.67% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $21,572, and the student-teacher ratio is 8.7. With only 90 students, grade-level test groups are very small — a change of one or two students can shift a proficiency rate by several points — so single-year swings deserve caution, and multi-year patterns are more reliable.
Academically, Elmwood High is above the state in most subjects. In 2025–2026, social studies proficiency was 66.67% (state 48.25%), math 57.14% (state 42.93%), and science 61.90% (state 43.20%). English Language Arts is the relative weak spot: 51.85% in 2024–2025 (above the state's 48.62%) but 47.62% in 2025–2026, just under the state's 48.47% — the only subject where the school did not beat the state in both years. Rank history shows strong but variable results: 12th of 431 schools with 5 stars in 2023–2024, then 4 stars in 2024–2025 (78th of 431) and 2025–2026 (82nd of 533, the 85th percentile). The Elmwood School District ranks 160th of 432, in the 63rd percentile with 3 stars.
Completion and attendance results are strong. In 2024–2025, Elmwood High had a 100.0% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate, better than the district's 92.8% and 2.4% and the state's 92.0% and 1.1%. Chronic absenteeism was 10.3%, far below the state's 17.3% but above the district's 6.2% — the main watch point for families. Overall, this is a small, relatively well-resourced school with excellent completion outcomes, above-state performance in math, science, and social studies, and room to grow in English Language Arts.
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