Summary:
Prentice School District is a small Wisconsin district serving roughly 328 students across three schools — Prentice Elementary (PK–4), Prentice Middle (5–8) and Prentice High (9–12) — all sharing a single campus at 1025 Town St in Prentice. Elementary is the largest with 133 students (about 40.5% of enrollment), followed by high school with 105 (32.0%) and middle school with 90 (27.4%). Districtwide, Prentice ranks 296 of 432, in the 31st percentile with 2 stars.
Prentice High is the clearest standout: it ranks 245 of 533, in the 54th percentile with 3 stars, up from the 27th percentile (1 star) a year earlier and the 15th percentile (1 star) the year before. It posts a 96.4% graduation rate, a 0.0% dropout rate, the lowest student–teacher ratio at 9.3, and 2025–2026 ACT scores above state in ELA (54.17 vs 48.47), math (50.0 vs 42.93) and science (50.0 vs 43.2). Prentice Middle has the best attendance — 11.5% chronic absenteeism versus 19.6% district and 17.3% state — but its rank slid from the 60th percentile (3 stars) to the 34th percentile (2 stars). Prentice Elementary shines in 3rd grade (ELA 73.33 vs 52.08; math 66.67 vs 54.75) yet trails state in 4th-grade ELA, social studies and science.
Social studies is a shared weak spot: every level is below state, from elementary 4th grade (10.34 points below) to middle 8th grade (36.85 below) and high school 10th grade (29.20 below), with sharp year-over-year drops at middle and high. Poverty and spending run in opposite directions — elementary has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (61.65%) but the lowest per-student spending ($13,626), while high school has the lowest rate (28.57%) and highest spending ($15,904). Attendance does not track simply with outcomes, and with only 90–133 students per school, single-grade results can swing widely.
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