Nicolet Union High School School District

Nicolet Union High School School District is a single-school district in Glendale, Wisconsin, serving grades 9–12 at Nicolet High. The district has one high school with 1,043 students, and its district rating is 39th of 432 districts in Wisconsin, placing it in the 91st percentile with 5 stars. Because there is only one school, district-level results essentially describe Nicolet High itself. The school’s recent rank history shows top-tier performance: 28th of 431 in 2023–2024 (94th percentile, 5 stars), 65th of 431 in 2024–2025 (85th percentile, 4 stars), and 68th of 533 in 2025–2026 (87th percentile, 4 stars).

For parents, the most important outcomes are strong. In 2024–2025, the graduation rate was 96.9% versus 92.0% statewide, the dropout rate was 0.0% versus 1.1%, and chronic absenteeism was 2.8% versus 17.3%. Test proficiency is above the state average in every subject and year provided. In 2025–2026, the school’s gaps over Wisconsin were +16.15 points in English Language Arts, +12.45 in Math, +11.92 in Social Studies, and +9.88 in Science. Social Studies improved from 55.34% to 60.17%, while Math slipped from 58.75% to 55.38% and Science slipped from 57.74% to 53.08%. Average proficiency across the four subjects was 58.90% in 2024–2025 and 58.31% in 2025–2026, still far above the state’s 45.61% and 45.71%.

The school also reports $22,034 in per-student spending, a 12.6 student-teacher ratio, and a 19.37% free/reduced-price lunch rate; the data set does not include state averages for those measures. Overall, Nicolet Union High School School District is a high-performing, single-school district with exceptional completion and attendance outcomes and proficiency well above state averages. The main areas to watch are the year-over-year declines in Math and Science and the fact that the latest school rank, while still strong, is below the 2023–2024 peak.