Summary:
Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District is a small rural Wisconsin district with just two schools serving 586 students on one shared campus at 28861 Highway 131 N in Ontario: Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary (PK–6, 322 students) and Brookwood High (7–12, 264 students). There is no separate middle school or alternative school. The district overall ranks 263 of 432 in Wisconsin — 39th percentile, 2 stars.
The two schools look quite different. Brookwood High is the standout: 120 of 533, 77th percentile, 4 stars in 2025–2026, after 86th percentile and 4 stars the year before and only 23rd percentile and 1 star in 2023–2024. Its ACT results beat the state in both years — ACT ELA was 66.67% vs. 48.47% state in 2025–2026 — and 10th grade social studies has been strong. Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary ranked 652 of 1039, 37th percentile, 2 stars. Its clearest bright spot is 4th grade social studies at 75.00% vs. 65.51% state.
Across both schools, math is the most consistent weakness: elementary math averaged 45.27% vs. 53.26% state in 2025–2026, and Brookwood's Forward math averaged 41.32% vs. 54.67% state. Chronic absenteeism is a district-wide strength — 5.6% at the elementary and 7.7% at the high school, far below the state's 17.3% — even though 59.01% and 51.89% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The high school's graduation rate of 82.0% vs. 92.0% state is a concern, though its dropout rate matches the state at 1.1%. Per-student spending ($16,124 and $16,488) and student-teacher ratios (11.8 and 12.6) are similar, so resources do not obviously explain the differences. Because grade cohorts are small, individual grade-level results swing widely and should be read with caution.
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