Summary:
Glenwood City High is the only high school in the Glenwood City School District in western Wisconsin, serving grades 9–12 with 186 students at 850 Maple St in Glenwood City. Because it is the district's sole high school, school-level figures for test scores, graduation, and dropout rates are identical to the district's high school values. The district overall ranks 193rd of 432 in Wisconsin (55th percentile, 3 stars), while the high school's own recent rankings sit considerably higher.
Academically, the school's strongest results come from the ACT. In 2025–2026, 63.83% of students were proficient in English Language Arts, 70.21% in mathematics, and 55.32% in science, compared with state rates of 48.47%, 42.93%, and 43.20%. Mathematics is the standout, running 27.28 percentage points above the state. Social studies on the Forward Exam is the exception: proficiency dropped from 64.44% in 2024–2025 (16.77 points above the state) to 38.24% in 2025–2026 (10.01 points below), a 26.20-point year-over-year decline. Rank history shows 25th of 431 (94th percentile, 5 stars) in 2023–2024, 75th of 431 (83rd percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–2025, and 99th of 533 (81st percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026.
Completion outcomes are excellent: a 96.0% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, both better than the state's 92.0% and 1.1%. Chronic absenteeism is 13.3%, below the state's 17.3% but above the district-wide 8.3%, which includes lower grade levels. The school spends $16,635 per student and has a student-teacher ratio of 11.9, with 27.42% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. With only 186 students, small cohort changes can shift proficiency percentages noticeably from year to year.
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