Summary:
Nekoosa School District serves roughly 1,197 students across six schools spanning prekindergarten through 12th grade in central Wisconsin, and it ranks 252nd out of 432 state districts — the 42nd percentile, with 2 stars. The mix includes one elementary school, two middle schools, two high schools and one alternative PK–12 school, and that overall ranking hides wide differences between individual campuses.
The strongest bright spot is Central Wisconsin STEM Academy, a 32-student middle school ranked 202nd of 643 schools (69th percentile, 3 stars), well above the district. Its 6th graders posted 90% proficiency in math and 80% in English language arts. WISE Academy, the alternative PK–12 school, reports some of the district's highest proficiency figures, including 100% in 8th grade social studies and 80% on ACT English, alongside 0.0% chronic absenteeism and 0.0% dropout — though its alternative model, 72.6 student-teacher ratio and $8,056 per-student spending make direct comparisons difficult. Nekoosa High graduates 97.3% of students with a 0.3% dropout rate, but chronic absenteeism is 28.9% and ACT math (29.51%) trails the state.
At the other end, Alexander Middle, the largest school with 326 students, ranks in the 24th percentile (1 star) and most 2025–2026 scores fall below district and state, with 8th grade ELA dropping from 63.79% to 32.26% in a year. Nekoosa Academy, a 23-student high school, shows the starkest challenges: 100% chronic absenteeism, 20% dropout and a 70% graduation rate; no test scores are reported for it in this data. Humke Elementary (PK–3) has 3rd grade math at 38.18%, near the district average but below the state. Attendance and math are the clearest dividing lines, and small enrollments mean percentages can swing sharply.
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