Summary:
The Mauston School District in Wisconsin includes 7 schools serving roughly 1,349 students across pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, with three elementary schools, one middle school, and three high schools. The district's overall summary is low — 17th percentile with 1 star — but that single rating hides wide differences between individual schools, so families should look at each school separately.
Mauston High is the clearest academic standout, reaching the 77th percentile in 2024–2025 and the 66th percentile in 2025–2026, with the highest graduation rate at 95.1% and a 0.0% dropout rate. Its ACT proficient rates in ELA, mathematics, and science sit above district and state averages. Grayside Elementary and Olson Middle have both improved in rank, and both post above-state results in 4th-grade and 8th-grade social studies and science, plus 3rd-grade and 8th-grade math. Mauston Montessori Charter School has the lowest chronic absenteeism (3.9%) and lowest free/reduced-lunch rate (34.38%), though its mathematics scores are weak.
Challenges are concentrated in a few places. Lemonweir Academy has the lowest rank (10th percentile, 1 star), the highest absenteeism (23.4%), the highest poverty rate (72.29%), and the largest student-teacher ratio (41.5). iLEAD Charter School has standout social studies results but the lowest graduation rate (84.6%) and highest dropout rate (1.6%), while West Side Elementary shows higher need with 19.2% absenteeism. Montessori, Lemonweir, and iLEAD each enroll fewer than 100 students, so their percentages can swing sharply from year to year.
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