Summary:
Shawano School District in northeastern Wisconsin contains just one high school: Shawano High, serving grades 9–12 with 702 students at 220 County Road B in Shawano. Because it is the district's only high school, there is no in-district peer to compare it against, so the most useful benchmarks are Wisconsin's statewide averages and the school's own prior-year results.
On completion, Shawano High looks strong. Its 94.7% graduation rate is 2.7 points above the state's 92.0%, and its dropout rate is just 1.5% — roughly 10 students. Chronic absenteeism is 20.2%, meaning about one in five students missed enough school to be flagged; that is better than the district's 22.4% but still above the statewide 17.3%. About 40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Test scores tell a very different story. In 2025–26, Shawano High was below Wisconsin in every subject tested at 10th grade: social studies 29.22% proficient vs. 48.25% statewide, science 28.65% vs. 43.20%, math 33.33% vs. 42.93%, and English language arts 41.52% vs. 48.47%. All four dropped from the year before while state rates held flat — science fell 13 points and math 11 points, going from slightly above the state to well below it. The school's rating slipped to 1 star, and its percentile rank went from 40th to 35th to 27th. Resources are not the obvious explanation: spending is $14,946 per student with a 14.8-to-1 student-teacher ratio. The district overall ranks 371st of 432. Parents should weigh the strong graduation record against the sharp academic decline.
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