Summary:
Fontana J8 School District is a single-school district in Wisconsin, and its only school is Fontana Elementary, which serves about 197 students in grades PK–8. Although it teaches middle grades, it is classified as an elementary school, and the district has no separate middle, high, or alternative schools. Because there is only one school, the school's results and the district's results are identical for test scores, chronic absenteeism, and dropout rates — there are no other local schools to compare against, so the most useful comparison is with Wisconsin statewide averages.
Fontana Elementary generally performs above the state. In 2025–2026 it scored above the state average in 10 of 16 grade/subject tests, and in 2024–2025 it did so in 14 of 16. Eighth grade is the clearest bright spot, with every tested subject above state: science 76.19% vs. 51.86%, ELA 76.19% vs. 54.38%, social studies 80.95% vs. 64.63%, and math 71.43% vs. 53.67%. Third-grade math (71.43% vs. 54.75%) and fourth-grade math (70.59% vs. 52.87%) are also strong. The biggest weakness is fifth-grade math at 35.29%, 16.52 points below the state and down from 57.69% the year before. Fourth-grade ELA, fifth-grade ELA, and fourth-grade science each came in at 47.06%, all slightly below state. Overall average proficiency slipped from 67.41 to 62.78 but remained above the state's 55.13.
Ranking signals are mixed: the district is rated 4 stars and placed 123rd of 432 Wisconsin districts (72nd percentile), while the school itself shows 3 stars and a 59th percentile in 2025–2026 (427th of 1,039 schools), after reaching the 66th percentile the prior year. Other indicators are favorable — chronic absenteeism is 6.6% versus 17.3% statewide, the dropout rate is 0.0% versus 1.1%, free/reduced lunch is 17.77%, per-student spending is $20,875, and the student-teacher ratio is 9.3. With only 197 students in total, each grade has a small cohort, so single-year swings may reflect changes in the group of students rather than a schoolwide trend.
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