Spooner Area School District

The Spooner Area School District operates three schools - Spooner High, Spooner Elementary, and Spooner Middle - serving students from preschool through 12th grade. The district is located in Spooner, Wisconsin and provides a consistent educational experience across its schools.

Among the three schools, Spooner Middle School stands out as the highest-performing, ranking 289 out of 628 Wisconsin middle schools and consistently earning a 3-out-of-5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The middle school excels in state assessments, with 8th-grade students scoring above the state average in core subjects. Additionally, Spooner Middle has the lowest student-teacher ratio of 10.6, suggesting more individualized attention for students. Spooner Elementary School also performs well, outperforming district and state averages on 3rd and 4th-grade state assessments and maintaining a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.1.

While the schools in the Spooner Area School District generally perform at or above the district and state averages, they face challenges related to socioeconomic factors and attendance. All three schools have a significant percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 45.72% at Spooner High to 57.38% at Spooner Elementary, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student populations. Additionally, the district-wide chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% is higher than the state average, which may impact student outcomes.