Linn J4 School District

Linn J4 School District is a one-school district in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, consisting entirely of Traver Elementary, which serves about 75 students in grades PK–8. Because Linn J4 School District has only this one school, the school-level and district-level figures for test scores, chronic absenteeism, and dropout are the same throughout the data. Families considering this district should know that grade-level cohorts are very small — often only about 7–9 students per tested grade — so a single student can shift a grade's proficiency rate by roughly 11–14 percentage points.

Traver Elementary's clearest strengths are attendance and resources. Chronic absenteeism is 7.5%, less than half Wisconsin's 17.3%, and the dropout rate is 0.0% against 1.1% statewide. The student-teacher ratio is very low at 5.2:1, and per-student spending is high at $27,340, with 56% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Academically, the bright spots are 2025–2026 3rd grade mathematics at 77.78% proficient versus 54.75% statewide, 3rd grade ELA at 66.67% versus 52.08%, 2024–2025 5th grade mathematics at 85.71% versus 52.58%, 8th grade social studies at 75% versus 62.51%, and 7th grade ELA at 62.5% versus 53.59%.

Results are uneven rather than consistently high or low. Weak points include 2025–2026 8th grade mathematics at 22.22% versus 53.67% statewide, 4th grade ELA and mathematics at 25% each, 4th grade science at 37.5% versus 53.46%, 8th grade social studies at 44.44% versus 64.63%, 2024–2025 3rd and 5th grade ELA at 28.57% each, and 7th grade mathematics at 25% versus 55.53%. Across the 20 listed grade-subject results from both years, 5 were above the state average, 1 was essentially level, and 14 were below. The school's rank moved from 3 stars and the 61st percentile in 2023–2024 to 1 star and the 26th percentile in 2024–2025, then to 2 stars and the 32nd percentile in 2025–2026. The district itself is rated 391st of 432 in Wisconsin — 9th percentile, 0 stars.