Summary:
Loyal School District is a small Wisconsin district with three schools serving students from prekindergarten through 12th grade: Loyal Elementary (PK–5, 183 students), Loyal Middle School (6–8, 108 students), and Loyal High (9–12, 168 students), all located at the same address in Loyal, WI. Together they enroll 459 students. Loyal School District is rated 1 star overall and ranks 389 of 432 Wisconsin districts, placing it near the bottom 10th percentile.
Loyal High is the district’s clearest bright spot, holding the only 2-star school rating and ranking 369 of 533 schools (31st percentile), up from 11th percentile and 1 star the year before. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate of 97.3% is well above the state’s 92.0%, and its dropout rate of 0.6% is below the state’s 1.1%. Tenth-grade social studies proficiency, 54.55%, also beats the state’s 48.25%. Test readiness remains the weak spot: ACT proficiency is 35.90% in English language arts, 25.64% in math, and 28.21% in science, all below state. Chronic absenteeism is 15.3% — below the state’s 17.3% but higher than the district’s younger grades.
Loyal Middle School is the biggest concern, falling from 3 stars and the 52nd percentile in 2023–2024 to 1 star and the 26th percentile in 2025–2026. Its 7th-grade ELA (26.47% vs. 55.33%), 8th-grade math (34.48% vs. 53.67%), and 8th-grade science (41.38% vs. 51.86%) results trail the state significantly, though it posts the district’s lowest chronic absenteeism (4.8%) and a 0.0% dropout rate. Loyal Elementary is uneven: 3rd-grade ELA is 70.59% versus the state’s 52.08% and 3rd-grade math is 58.82% versus 54.75%, but 4th-grade math (22.58% vs. 52.87%) and 4th-grade science (34.38% vs. 53.46%) lag far behind, and its rank slipped from 2 stars and the 49th percentile to 1 star and the 25th percentile. Science is below state at every grade where it is reported, and with small cohorts, year-to-year swings should be read with caution.
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