Summary:
Spencer School District in Wisconsin has one elementary school, Spencer Elementary, a PK–5 school with 290 students in Spencer, WI. It reports a 10.6 student-teacher ratio, $15,840 in per-student spending, and 42.07% free/reduced-price lunch. The school itself is rated 3 stars and sits around the 52nd percentile among Wisconsin schools, while the district-level rating attached to this record is lower—1 star, 317th of 432, and 27th percentile.
For parents, the standout is attendance: chronic absenteeism is 6.6%, far below the district’s 11.1% and the state’s 17.3%. Academically, the school outperformed the state on 6 of 8 reported Forward Exam tests in 2025-26. Fourth grade is the strongest area: ELA was 66.67% vs. 53.87% statewide, social studies 71.79% vs. 65.51%, science 61.54% vs. 53.46%, and math 56.41% vs. 52.87%. Science also made the biggest one-year gain, rising from 50% to 61.54%, a +11.54-point improvement.
The areas to watch are in fifth grade. In 2025-26, fifth grade ELA was 42.86%, 10.77 points below the state’s 53.63%, and fifth grade math was 47.62%, 4.19 points below the state’s 51.81%. Fifth grade ELA also fell 11.31 points from 54.17% in 2024-25. The school remains above median, but its rank has slipped from the 65th percentile in 2023-24 to 55th and then 52nd. Overall, this is a school with strong attendance, solid fourth-grade outcomes, and above-state results in most areas, but with fifth-grade ELA and math weaknesses and a recent downward ranking trend worth monitoring.
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