Summary:
The Tri-County Area School District has only one elementary school, Tri-County Elementary, which serves students from grades K-5. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Wisconsin elementary schools over the past three years, indicating persistent academic challenges.
Tri-County Elementary's performance on the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's standardized test, is below the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across grades 3-5. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 35.48% to 50% in ELA and 19.35% to 50% in Mathematics, compared to the state averages of 51.26% to 52.21% in ELA and 52.58% to 55% in Mathematics. The school's performance in Social Studies and Science for 4th grade is also below the state average.
The school's high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 67.04% in the 2023-2024 school year, suggests a potential correlation between socioeconomic status and academic performance. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% for the 2023-2024 school year is a significant concern. Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $14,845 for the 2020-2021 school year and low student-teacher ratio of 12.6, its academic performance remains below the state average, raising questions about the effective allocation and utilization of resources to drive student success.
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