Summary:
The Neenah Joint School District in Wisconsin serves roughly 6,225 students across 10 schools — eight elementary schools (mostly K–4, plus one PK–6 charter), one middle school (grades 4–8), and one high school (grades 9–12) — and is ranked 139 of 432 districts statewide, at the 68th percentile with 3 stars.
That district-wide average hides a very wide range. Lakeview Elementary is the top performer: 5 stars, 93rd percentile, with 4th-grade scores of 80.3% in ELA and 84.85% in math, plus only 3.4% chronic absenteeism. ACE Alliance Charter Elementary (88th percentile) has the district's lowest free/reduced lunch rate (9.33%) and lowest per-student spending ($11,396), though its 5th-grade math is 47.62%. Tullar Elementary is consistently strong at 4 stars, and Clayton Elementary has the district's lowest absenteeism at 1.9%. Coolidge Elementary (72nd percentile) and Spring Road Elementary (69th) sit in the middle, with Spring Road posting the top 3rd-grade math score at 79.55%. At the secondary level, Neenah High graduates 95.8% of students (state: 92.0%) and beats the state in every tested subject, while Neenah Middle School posts 8th-grade scores above state averages.
The main equity concern is Taft Elementary: 1 star, 17th percentile, with the highest poverty rate (59.22%) and the highest spending per student ($15,270) yet the weakest scores — 4th-grade math at 32.43%. Horace Mann Elementary is also below district norms (2 stars, 47th percentile) but has climbed from the 30th to 47th percentile over three years. Notably, spending and class size don't track with results, and Neenah High has the district's highest absenteeism at 18.5%.
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