Summary:
Thorp School District is a small Wisconsin district with just two schools serving about 502 students: Thorp Elementary, which covers pre-kindergarten through 8th grade with 321 students, and Thorp High, which serves grades 9–12 with 181 students. The two schools share the same address, so the district appears to operate as a single campus. The district itself is rated 1 star and ranks 328th of 432 Wisconsin districts, while both individual schools earned 2 stars in their most recent rankings — a sign that the district rating is driven mainly by test proficiency while other measures look stronger.
Comparing the two schools, each has a distinct profile. Thorp Elementary's clearest strength is Social Studies, where 4th- and 8th-grade results beat the state in both 2025–26 and 2024–25, and 8th-grade Science also came in above state. Its weaker areas are English/language arts and Math, especially in 2025–26, when 5th-grade ELA (28.21%), 7th-grade ELA (25%) and 7th-grade Math (25%) fell well below state. Thorp High, by contrast, posts strong non-test results: a 97.5% graduation rate versus 92.0% statewide, a 0.5% dropout rate, and chronic absenteeism of 6.9% versus 17.3% statewide. Its concern is college-readiness testing, where ACT ELA (24.44%), Math (26.67%) and Science (26.67%) trail state by roughly 16 to 24 points, even as Social Studies Forward results exceed state. Note that 2024–25 ACT Math is not listed for the high school.
For families, the most consistent bright spot is attendance and completion: both schools sit near 6.8–6.9% chronic absenteeism, far below state. Per-student spending is nearly identical ($15,649 elementary, $15,638 high school), though the high school has a higher student-teacher ratio (13.9 vs. 11.7). Because enrollment is small, individual grade-level percentages can swing sharply from year to year and are best read alongside the broader trend.
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