Summary:
The Peshtigo School District in Wisconsin contains just one high school, Peshtigo High, which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 330 students, so families in this area have a single public high school option and all comparisons here are between the school, its district, and the state.
Peshtigo High has several clear strengths. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate of 93.4% is above the state's 92.0% and essentially matches the district's 93.6%. Test proficiency rose substantially from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in three of four subjects: English Language Arts went from 34.74% to 44.12%, Mathematics from 30.53% to 38.24%, and Social Studies from 34.29% to 40.96%. Science was the exception, slipping slightly from 42.11% to 41.18%. The school's ranking also improved, moving from 1 star and the 18th percentile in 2024–2025 to 2 stars and the 41st percentile in 2025–2026. The school matched or exceeded the district in Social Studies, ELA, and Mathematics, and trailed only slightly in Science.
The main concerns are attendance and remaining achievement gaps. Chronic absenteeism at Peshtigo High was 18.4% in 2024–2025, well above the district's 11.0% and slightly above the state's 17.3%, and the dropout rate of 1.5% was higher than both the district (1.0%) and state (1.1%). Although proficiency climbed, the school still finished below the state average in all four tested subjects in 2025–2026: Social Studies by 7.29 points, ELA by 4.35, Mathematics by 4.69, and Science by 2.02. In short, the trajectory is positive, but attendance and state-level proficiency remain the areas to watch.
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