Summary:
Pembine High is the only high school in the Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine School District, a small rural district in northeastern Wisconsin serving grades 7–12 with 87 students at N18775 Sauld St in Pembine.
The most striking thing about this school is the contrast between its own rating and the district's. While the district overall is rated 1 star and ranks 309 of 432 (28th percentile), Pembine High has been rated 4 stars in two of its last three reported years — 71st percentile in 2023–2024 and 74th percentile in 2025–2026 — after a 5-star, 93rd-percentile peak in 2022–2023. Graduation outcomes are solid: a 95.0% graduation rate, equal to the district's and above the state's 92.0%, with a 1.1% dropout rate matching both district and state. The clear weak spot is chronic absenteeism at 21.6%, well above the district's 12.7% and the state's 17.3%.
Test results are mixed and swing noticeably from year to year. In 2024–2025, Forward Exam results were generally above state — including 75% in 8th-grade Social Studies and 8th-grade Science, 62.5% in 8th-grade ELA and 60% in 7th-grade ELA — with only 7th-grade Math (33.33%) and 10th-grade Social Studies (36.36%) below state. In 2025–2026, most Forward results fell below state, particularly 7th-grade Math (23.08% vs. 55.67%), 8th-grade ELA (28.57% vs. 54.38%), and 8th-grade Science (35.71% vs. 51.86%). However, 10th-grade ACT results were a bright spot: ACT ELA 62.5%, ACT Math 50%, and 10th-grade Forward Social Studies 62.5%, all above state. Families should also note the school's context — 59.77% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $28,199, and the student-teacher ratio is 7.3 — and that with only 87 students, a few students can move percentages dramatically.
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