Summary:
The Saint Croix Falls School District in Wisconsin includes two elementary schools serving a combined 349 students. Saint Croix Falls Elementary is the larger school, with 303 students in grades K–4, while Dresser Elementary is a small early-childhood school with 46 students in grades PK–K. The district overall ranks 86 of 432 districts in Wisconsin, placing it in the 80th percentile with 4 stars.
Saint Croix Falls Elementary is the clear academic standout and the school most families will be looking at for tested grades. It ranks 33 of 1,039 elementary schools statewide in 2025–2026, in the 97th percentile with 5 stars, and it has held 5 stars for three straight years (16 of 1,061 in 2023–2024 and 29 of 1,044 in 2024–2025). Its reported proficiency rates sit far above state averages in every subject and grade: the highest is 95.71% in 4th grade Social Studies versus 65.51% statewide, and the lowest is still 72.86% in 4th grade Mathematics versus 52.87% statewide. Across its six reported tests it averages about 83.1% proficient, compared with roughly 55.4% on the same state tests. Chronic absenteeism is just 4.2%, well below the district's 8.7% and the state's 17.3%.
Dresser Elementary serves only PK–K, so it has no school rank history and no Forward Exam test scores — that is expected for its grade span, not a sign of deficiency. Its chronic absenteeism is 10.9%, higher than the district rate but still below the state rate, and its free/reduced lunch rate is 39.13% versus 34.65% at Saint Croix Falls Elementary. It spends more per student, $19,327 versus $16,578, which likely reflects the fixed costs of a very small program, and its student-teacher ratio is slightly higher at 11.7 versus 11.0. Because Dresser has no tested grades, the district's elementary test results come entirely from Saint Croix Falls Elementary.
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