Summary:
Elementary schools in the Ladysmith School District come down to a single campus: Ladysmith Elementary, which serves grades PK–5, enrolls 328 students, and sits at 115 E 6th St S in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. Because it is the district's only elementary school, every district-level Forward Exam result reported is also the school's result, so there is no within-district comparison to make. Parents should read the district's elementary numbers as this one building's numbers.
Academically, the school's results sit below the state in every reported 2025–2026 subject and grade. It holds a 1-star rating and ranks 791 of 1,039 schools (24th percentile), while the district ranks 364 of 432 (16th percentile). The widest gap is 4th grade mathematics, 30.65 percentage points below the state, and that subject also fell 11.82 points from the prior year. The narrowest gaps are 4th grade science (-4.81 points) and 5th grade mathematics (-4.87 points). Fifth grade English Language Arts is also a weak spot, down 7.13 points year over year.
There are encouraging signs. Rank history improved to 24th percentile from 17th in 2024–2025, and six of eight reported grade-subject areas gained ground; a simple average of the eight school proficiency rates rose to about 41.1% from about 34.0%, narrowing the gap with the state from roughly 19.9 points to about 13.6 points. Chronic absenteeism is a genuine strength at 8.9%, versus 12.2% for the district and 17.3% for the state. The school also reports 66.46% free/reduced lunch, $15,121 in per-student spending, and a student-teacher ratio of 11.2 — a high-poverty population served with relatively high spending and small classes.
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