Summary:
Independence School District in Wisconsin serves about 425 students across three schools: Independence Elementary (PK–5, 182 students), Independence Middle (6–8, 101 students), and Independence High (9–12, 142 students). There are no alternative schools in this group. The Independence School District is ranked 375th of 432 Wisconsin districts, in the 13th percentile with 1 star.
Each school has a different profile. Independence Middle has the best attendance — 8.0% chronic absenteeism, less than half the district rate of 16.8% and the state's 17.3% — and the strongest current relative rank (416th of 643, 35th percentile, 2 stars), the only 2-star rating in the district. But its rank percentile has slipped from 52 to 49 to 35, and its test scores are below state in every reported subject. Independence Elementary shows a striking math/ELA split: 3rd and 4th grade math are well above state (66.67% and 70.37%), and its math average of 61.2% beats the state's 53.1%, while its ELA average of 28.5% sits far below the state's 53.2%. Its rank percentile is improving (17 → 21 → 28), though it remains at 1 star. Independence High graduates students at near-state rates (91.8% vs 92.0%) with a low dropout rate of 0.7%, but its chronic absenteeism of 23.2% is the district's main attendance drag, and its test averages are the lowest of the three.
Resources do not line up simply with results. Elementary has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (76.92%), the highest per-student spending ($19,475), and the lowest student-teacher ratio (9.9), while High has the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (50%) but the highest student-teacher ratio (13.8) and the weakest overall test profile. Because each tested grade belongs to only one school, the district proficiency figure for a given grade matches that school's figure.
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