Summary:
The Goodman-Armstrong Creek School District in Wisconsin is a very small district serving 73 students across 2 schools: Goodman High, a grade 7–12 school with 37 students, and Goodman-Armstrong Elementary, a PK–6 school with 36 students. There are no middle or alternative schools listed. The district is ranked 352 out of 432 schools/districts in Wisconsin, placing it in the 19th percentile with a 1-star rating, and both school records carry that same district-level rating.
The two schools are nearly equal in size but have very different profiles. Goodman High's brightest spot is ACT Math, where 50% of 10th graders were proficient, above the state's 42.93%, and its completion outcomes are solid: a 91.6% graduation rate (close to the state's 92.0%) and a 0.0% dropout rate (better than the state's 1.1%). Its rank also improved from the 16th percentile and 1 star in 2020–2021 to the 46th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026. The serious red flag is chronic absenteeism at 42.1%, compared with 25.7% districtwide and 17.3% statewide. Goodman-Armstrong Elementary has the district's best attendance — 8.3% chronic absenteeism, less than half the state rate — and 4th grade science at 57.14% proficient, above the state's 53.46%. However, its rank fell from the 69th percentile and 3 stars in 2021–2022 to the 23rd percentile and 1 star in 2025–2026, and several ELA and math scores sit well below state averages, including 3rd grade ELA at 16.67% and 4th grade math at 14.29%.
Goodman High spends $35,432 per student versus $28,315 at the elementary, with student-teacher ratios of 4.9 and 5.9, and free/reduced lunch rates of 56.76% and 47.22%, so higher spending has not translated into stronger attendance or ELA results. Because grade-level percentages rest on very small groups of students, a single student can shift a rate by roughly 10–17 percentage points, so families should treat these patterns as trends to watch over several years rather than firm conclusions.
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