Summary:
Gilman School District is a small rural district in Wisconsin serving roughly 360 students across three schools: Gilman High (grades 7–12, 148 students), Gilman Elementary (grades PK–6, 134 students), and eSucceed Virtual School (a K–12 alternative/virtual school with 78 students). Overall, the district is rated 1 star and ranks 386 of 432 Wisconsin districts, at the 11th percentile — but that single rating hides very different stories inside each building.
Gilman Elementary is the district's momentum story. It rose from 1 star and the 22nd percentile in 2024–25 to 2 stars and the 43rd percentile in 2025–26, and went from 0 of 10 reported tests above the state proficiency rate to 4 of 10. Its 4th-grade Social Studies result of 75% proficient is the highest in the dataset, about 9.5 points above the state's 65.51%. It also has the smallest classes (student-teacher ratio 12.6), the highest per-student spending ($21,362), and very low chronic absenteeism (1.6%). Gilman High is the opposite pattern: it graduates 100% of students with a 0% dropout rate, yet all 10 of its 2025–26 reported tests fell below state proficiency, with ACT Science notably low at 23.33% versus the state's 43.2%. It ranks 381 of 533 (29th percentile, 1 star), and its chronic absenteeism of 10.1% is the district's highest, though still below the state's 17.3%.
eSucceed Virtual School looks very different on resources and outcomes: it spends the least per student ($8,061), has the largest student-teacher ratio (23.7), reports 0.0% chronic absenteeism, but also a 45.8% graduation rate, an 8.4% dropout rate, and 0 of 4 tests above state in 2025–26, with some scores at 0% proficient. Its free/reduced-lunch figure is unknown. Because these schools serve small numbers of students, year-to-year swings can be large, so treat these numbers as signals rather than firm conclusions.
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