Pittsville School District

Pittsville School District is a small two-school district in Wisconsin serving 532 students in total: Pittsville Elementary, which serves PK–8 with 357 students, and Pittsville High, which serves grades 9–12 with 175 students. There is no separate middle school and no alternative school — the elementary building houses the middle grades. Both schools carry the same district rating: rank 250 of 432, 42nd percentile, 2 stars. But that shared rating hides a real split, because at the school level the high school is currently rated 3 stars while the elementary school is rated 2 stars.

Pittsville High is the clear bright spot. It reports a 100% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate, both better than the state's 92.0% graduation and 1.1% dropout. Its chronic absenteeism of 11.5% is also well below the state's 17.3%, though slightly above the district's 9.8%. In 2025–26 the high school beat the state in ACT Mathematics and ACT Science, and its rank rebounded sharply from 1 star / 26th percentile in 2024–25 to 3 stars / 56th percentile in 2025–26. ACT ELA, math, and science all improved by roughly 7 to 17 points year over year, while social studies dropped about 13 points to below the state average.

Pittsville Elementary has the better attendance — 8.5% chronic absenteeism, roughly half the state rate — and strong 5th and 6th grade math, with 5th grade math 17.16 points above state. But its rank fell from 4 stars / 71st percentile in 2023–24 to 2 stars / 43rd percentile in 2025–26. Its pressure points are 5th grade ELA and 4th grade math. Notably, the elementary school has higher poverty (46.22% free/reduced lunch vs. 32.57%), receives $2,397 less per student, and has a higher student-teacher ratio (11.7 vs. 10.4).