Summary:
Randolph School District is a small Wisconsin district with three schools serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Randolph Elementary (PK–5, 195 students), Randolph Middle School (6–8, 117 students), and Randolph High (9–12, 161 students), all sharing the same building address in Randolph. The district overall is rated 3 stars, 57th percentile, 185th of 432 districts, but that single rating conceals three very different school stories.
Randolph Elementary is the district's strongest school: 177th of 1,039, 83rd percentile, 4 stars, with its rank climbing from 69th to 83rd percentile over three years. Every listed Forward Exam proficiency rate in 2025–26 is above the state average — including Social Studies grade 4 at 88% vs 65.51% and Science grade 4 at 84% vs 53.46% — and chronic absenteeism is just 8.3%, well below the district's 14.6% and the state's 17.3%. Notably, it achieves this while receiving the least per-student spending ($15,066) and enrolling the highest share of students from low-income families (34.36% free/reduced lunch). Randolph High is the biggest turnaround, jumping from 1 star and 19th percentile to 3 stars and 57th percentile in one year, with ACT ELA at 57.14% and ACT Math at 50% (both above state) and a 100.0% graduation rate. Its weak spots are ACT Science (39.29% vs 43.2%), Forward Social Studies grade 10 (43.33% vs 48.25%), and chronic absenteeism of 19.1%.
Randolph Middle School is the district's clearest priority, declining from 53rd to 41st percentile and now at 2 stars, 381st of 643. ELA is below state in grades 6, 7, and 8, and math is below state in grades 7 and 8; science and social studies are relative bright spots. Chronic absenteeism (17.7%) sits above the state, and the school has the highest student-teacher ratio (13.7), while the high school spends the most per student ($21,483). With only three schools, each covering one grade band, enrollment is small and grade-level percentages can swing sharply from year to year, so families should read single-year changes with caution and look at multi-year trends instead.
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