Gillett School District

Summary:

The Gillett School District in Wisconsin consists of three schools: Gillett Elementary, Gillett High, and Gillett Middle. The district serves students from elementary through high school grades.

Gillett Middle School stands out as the top performer in the district, ranking 294 out of 628 Wisconsin middle schools in 2024-2025 and earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger in 2022-2023. The school also excelled on the Forward Exam, with over 65% of 8th graders proficient or better in Social Studies and Science. In contrast, Gillett Elementary has seen a significant decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 351 out of 1,067 schools in 2022-2023 to 769 out of 1,061 schools in 2023-2024, and its performance on the Forward Exam has also declined across multiple grade levels and subject areas.

Gillett High School has maintained a relatively high 4-year graduation rate of 91.0% in 2023-2024 and a low dropout rate of 1.3% in the same year. The high school also outperformed the district and state averages on the ACT exam in 2024-2025, with 40.63% of students proficient or better in Mathematics and 37.5% proficient or better in Science. However, all three schools in the district struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates of 17.7% in 2023-2024, which is higher than the state average.

District Detail

208 W Main St
Gillett, WI 54124

(920) 855-2137

SchoolDigger Rank:
299^th of 426 Wisconsin districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 549

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT Science (2025)	Forward Exam English Language Arts (2025)						Forward Exam Mathematics (2025)						Forward Exam Social Studies (2025)			Forward Exam Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ACT Mathematics 10th Grade	ACT Science 10th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 4th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 5th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 6th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 7th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 8th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 3rd Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 4th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 5th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 6th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 7th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 4th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 10th Grade	Forward Exam Science 4th Grade	Forward Exam Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Gillett High	Public	9-12	208 W Main St	Gillett	54124	Oconto County	Gillett School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 855-2137	152	17	8.9	53.9%	125 (82.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (9.9%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.9%)	44.7	256^th of 431 public high schools	40.6%		18.2	387^th of 431 public high schools	10.2%	131	40.6	37.5															51.3			$15,291	$723	$14,568
Gillett Middle	Public	6-8	208 W Main St	Gillett	54124	Oconto County	Gillett School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 855-2137	120	10	12.4	59.2%	95 (79.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.7%)	56.4	294^th of 628 public middle schools	53.2%		50.6	356^th of 641 public middle schools	44.5%	62						47.2	60.4	51.7				52.8	47.9	55.2		65.5			69.0	$14,515	$795	$13,720
Gillett Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	208 W Main St	Gillett	54124	Oconto County	Gillett School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 855-2119	277	22	12.6	64.6%	213 (76.9%)	3 (1.1%)	30 (10.8%)	3 (1.1%)	15 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.7%)	41.7	704^th of 1044 public elementary schools	32.6%		36.4	769^th of 1061 public elementary schools	27.5%	65			56.3	45.2	41.7				56.3	40.5	33.3				57.1			50.0		$13,965	$1,352	$12,613

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Pulaski Community School District	8.12 mi	7	152^nd
Suring Public School District	8.42 mi	2	370^th
Oconto Falls Public School District	8.62 mi	4	190^th
Bonduel School District	12.2 mi	3	251^st
Lena School District	14.06 mi	3	280^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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