Summary:
Marshfield Unified School District serves about 3,395 students across seven schools — five elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — with no alternative schools. Elementary students make up 49.4% of enrollment, the high school 34.8%, and the middle school 15.8%. The district ranks 140 of 432 in Wisconsin, placing it in the 68th percentile with a 3-star rating.
Nasonville Elementary is the district's standout: the highest 2025–2026 rank percentile at 82, 4 stars in all three reported years, math proficiency ranging from 71.88% to 83.33% across grades 3–6, the lowest student-teacher ratio (11.9), the highest per-student spending ($16,109), and chronic absenteeism of just 4.0%. Washington Elementary is also a current 4-star school at the 75th percentile, with 6th-grade ELA at 86.84% and 5th-grade math at 85.71%. Madison Elementary shows the strongest improvement, climbing from 2 stars and the 49th percentile in 2023–2024 to 4 stars and the 71st percentile in 2025–2026.
Two schools are watch items. Grant Elementary, the largest elementary with 554 students, slipped from the 73rd to the 61st percentile and posts 4th-grade math at 42.68%, below both district and state. Marshfield Middle fell from 4 stars and the 71st percentile to 3 stars and the 59th, though its current test results remain above state averages and its dropout rate is 0.0%. Lincoln Elementary is notable for the lowest chronic absenteeism in the district at 1.8% despite the highest free/reduced-price lunch rate at 58.72%. District-wide, chronic absenteeism is 8.2%, well below the state's 17.3% — every school beats the state. Marshfield High exceeds the state in every reported test area and graduates 92.8% of students.
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