Summary:
Lac du Flambeau #1 School District in Wisconsin contains just one elementary school — Lac du Flambeau Elementary — which serves students in grades PK through 8 and enrolls 499 students. Because it is the district's only elementary school, its results define the district's elementary-level performance. The student body is high-need: 92.38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, and the school spends $43,102 per student while maintaining a small 8:1 student-teacher ratio.
Academically, the school trails Wisconsin averages in every grade and subject tested on the 2025-26 Forward Exam. Its simple average proficiency was 27.22% versus 55.13% statewide, nearly unchanged from 27.18% the prior year while the state average rose. The strongest relative result was 4th Grade Social Studies at 57.14% proficient compared with 65.51% statewide, followed by 4th Grade Math (41.07% vs. 52.87%) and 5th Grade ELA (40.82% vs. 53.63%). The school's state percentile improved slightly from 11th (2023-24) to 13th (2024-25) to 14th (2025-26), though it holds 1 star each year; the district ranks 421st of 432 statewide, at the 3rd percentile with 0 stars.
There are bright spots alongside warning signs. 5th Grade ELA climbed 17.42 percentage points year over year, 7th Grade Math rose 8.27 points to 32.00%, and 4th Grade Social Studies held steady. Meanwhile 8th Grade Social Studies fell 10.97 points to 29.51%, 8th Grade Math dropped 10.75 points to 22.58%, and 4th Grade ELA declined 10.83 points to 23.21%. Chronic absenteeism was 35.3% at the school and 35.6% in the district, compared with 17.3% statewide, while the dropout rate was 0.0% at both school and district levels against 1.1% statewide.
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