Summary:
Lake Holcombe School District in western Wisconsin contains just one high school, Holcombe High, which serves grades 9–12 to about 86 students at 27331 262nd Ave in Holcombe. Because the district operates only this one building, district-level high school figures for test scores, graduation, and dropout mirror the school's numbers exactly. With such a small student body, a few students can swing any rate by several percentage points, so the two-decimal precision reported in the data can look more stable than it really is.
Holcombe High's strongest results come in completion and science. Its graduation rate of 95.2% and dropout rate of 0.0% both beat Wisconsin's 92.0% and 1.1%. Tenth-grade Science ACT proficiency reached 60%, up 24.71 points from the prior year and 16.8 points above the state's 43.2% — the only subject where the school outpaces Wisconsin. The school also spends $22,815 per student and reports a student-teacher ratio of 10.6, implying roughly eight teachers for 86 students, with about 39.53% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch.
Challenges remain significant. Chronic absenteeism is 35.4%, compared with 25.6% for the district and 17.3% statewide — more than double the state rate. Tenth-grade proficiency is 13.33% in English language arts (state: 48.47%) and 20.83% in social studies (state: 48.25%), the two largest gaps in the data. Math improved from 17.65% to 26.67% but remains below the state's 42.93%. Holcombe High ranked 415th of 533 schools in 2025–2026, at the 22nd percentile with 1 star; that is still the bottom quartile, but it is progress from the 1st percentile in 2022–2023. For parents, the clearest strengths are graduation, dropout prevention, and science, while attendance and proficiency in reading/writing and social studies are the areas needing the most attention.
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