Summary:
The Onalaska School District in Wisconsin serves about 2,852 students across 5 schools — three elementaries (Eagle Bluff Elementary, Northern Hills Elementary, and Pertzsch Elementary), one middle school (Onalaska Middle), and one high school (Onalaska High). There are no alternative schools. As a district, Onalaska ranks 132 of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 69th percentile with 3 stars — but that average hides a wide spread between schools.
The district's strongest schools are Onalaska High and Eagle Bluff Elementary, both 4-star and in the mid-80s for percentile rank. The high school graduates 96.1% of students with just a 0.3% dropout rate, and its ACT math score of 59.53 far exceeds the state's 42.93. Eagle Bluff posts standout elementary results, including 82.67 in 4th grade math versus 52.87 statewide, and has the district's lowest free/reduced-lunch rate at 23.99%. Onalaska Middle is 3-star with especially strong 8th grade scores — 78.24 in social studies vs 64.63 state — though its 1.4% dropout rate is above both district and state.
The clearest concern is Northern Hills Elementary, a 2-star school at the 33rd percentile that has slipped from the 40th, with 6 of 8 reported tests below state averages and the highest poverty rate in the district at 47.08%. Pertzsch Elementary is a useful contrast: similar poverty (45.04%) and identical chronic absenteeism (6.8%), yet it is 3-star, at the 68th percentile, with most scores above state. Chronic absenteeism is below the state's 17.3% everywhere, though highest at the high school (11.6%).
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