Poynette School District

Poynette School District is a small Wisconsin district serving 983 students across three schools — Poynette Elementary (PK–4, 416 students), Poynette Middle (5–8, 271 students), and Poynette High (9–12, 296 students) — and it is rated a 4-star district at the 78th percentile statewide, ranking 96th of 432 districts.

Poynette Elementary is the strongest all-around school: 4 stars, 81st percentile, the district's lowest chronic absenteeism at 9.4%, and an average proficiency of about 71.9% versus roughly 55.4% on the same state tests. Poynette Middle is the most consistent, holding 4 stars for three straight years at the 77th percentile, with the lowest student-teacher ratio in the district at 10.3 and a proficiency average of about 67.9% versus 55.0% for the same state tests. Its only near-state result is 7th Grade Math at 55.56%, essentially tied with the state's 55.67%.

Poynette High shows a split picture: a 100% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, with ACT ELA (60.71%), math (53.57%), and science (48.21%) all above state averages — but its latest rating slipped to 3 stars and the 67th percentile, and 10th Grade Social Studies fell to 43.48%, below the state's 48.25%. Chronic absenteeism is a district strength, as all three schools beat the state's 17.3%, though the high school (13.7%) and middle school (13.3%) sit above the district's 11.9%. Spending is not clearly tied to results: the high school spends the most per student at $17,157 yet ranks lowest of the three, while the elementary school spends the least at $14,697.