Summary:
Kaukauna Area School District serves about 4,044 students across seven schools — five elementary, one middle, and one high school — covering grades PK through 12. The district ranks 90 of 432 in Wisconsin, placing it in the 79th percentile with 4 stars. Elementary enrollment totals 1,674 students, roughly 41% of the district.
New Directions Learning Community has the strongest elementary profile, though it is cooling: it ranked 11 of 1,061 (99th percentile) in 2023–24, then 98th percentile, then 127 of 1,039 (88th percentile) in 2025–26. It also posts the district's lowest chronic absenteeism (3.5%) and lowest per-student spending ($10,984). Park Community Charter School is a close second at the same 88th percentile, with especially high math scores. River View School has earned 4 stars all three years and sits above the state in every listed subject and grade, with standout math.
Kaukauna High improved from 3 to 4 stars in 2025–26, with a 95.8% graduation rate versus the state's 92.0% and ACT math proficiency of 55.48% versus 42.93%. Its main watch item is the district's highest chronic absenteeism at 13.9%. Haen Elementary shows the clearest contrast — the highest poverty rate (51.39%), highest spending ($15,878), and smallest classes (11.7 students per teacher), yet the lowest elementary test results and a slide to the 53rd percentile. Quinney Elementary also slipped, from 80th to 70th percentile and 4 stars to 3. Across the district, absenteeism rises with grade level: about 7.9% in elementary schools, 11.0% at River View, and 13.9% at the high school, all below Wisconsin's 17.3%.
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