Summary:
The Glenwood City School District has only one elementary school, Glenwood City Elementary, which serves grades PK-5 with an enrollment of 317 students. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Wisconsin elementary schools over the past three years, with a 1 out of 5-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating below-average performance.
Glenwood City Elementary's proficiency rates on the Forward Exam are generally lower than the state averages across subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 3rd-grade English Language Arts proficiency rate was 40.38% compared to the state average of 52.14%. Additionally, the school has a higher chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% compared to the state average.
The school's per-student spending for the 2020-2021 school year was $10,738, close to the state average, but its student-teacher ratio of 17.8 is slightly higher than the state average. The school also has a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 43.53% in the 2023-2024 school year, suggesting it may be serving a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, which can impact academic performance.
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