Summary:
The Hillsboro School District in Wisconsin has only one elementary school, Hillsboro Elementary, serving students from grades K-5. While the school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, it faces some challenges in terms of academic outcomes and student demographics.
Hillsboro Elementary's statewide ranking has ranged from 671 out of 1,067 Wisconsin elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 778 out of 1,061 in 2023-2024. The school's proficiency rates on the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's standardized test, were below the state average in English Language Arts and Mathematics for grades 3-5 in 2024-2025, but it performed better than the state average in Social Studies and Science for 4th grade. The school has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 49.54% in 2023-2024, and a chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% in the same year, which is a concern.
Despite these challenges, Hillsboro Elementary has access to more resources than the state average, with a lower student-teacher ratio of 11.4 and higher per-student spending of $15,582 in the 2020-2021 school year. However, these resources do not seem to be translating into consistently strong academic outcomes, suggesting the school and district may need to focus on targeted interventions and community engagement to address the underlying issues affecting student performance and attendance.
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