Summary:
Elementary families in the Flambeau School District have a single option: Flambeau Elementary in Tony, Wisconsin, which serves grades PK–5 to 188 students. The school's profile reflects a high-need but relatively well-resourced community — 71.28% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $19,600, and the student-teacher ratio is a low 11.1, suggesting small classes or ample staffing. Attendance is a genuine strength: chronic absenteeism is 11.2%, notably lower than the district's 18.6% and the state's 17.3%.
Academically, results are mixed and vary by year. In 2024–2025, 5th grade math stood out at 66.67% proficient, well above the state's 52.58%, and 4th grade social studies edged above state at 64.52% versus 63.65%. In 2025–2026, however, every reported Forward Exam proficiency rate fell below the state average. English Language Arts gaps were the widest, running roughly 15 to 18 points below state across grades 3–5. Math was more uneven: 4th and 5th grade landed only about 5 points below state, while 3rd grade was about 15 points below. Science stayed consistently behind, at 41.94% in 2024–2025 and 42.86% in 2025–2026 against state rates of 50.83% and 53.46%. Social studies slipped from slightly above state in 2024–2025 to far below in 2025–2026 at 52.38% versus 65.51%, which likely reflects a different group of students rather than a lasting trend.
State rankings place the school in the lower quartile. It ranked 825 of 1,061 (22nd percentile, 1 star) in 2023–2024, improved to 731 of 1,044 (30th percentile, 2 stars) in 2024–2025, then moved to 787 of 1,039 (24th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–2026. The district itself ranks 325 of 432 statewide, at the 25th percentile with 1 star. In short, this is a small, high-poverty school with strong attendance and favorable staffing, but with academic proficiency that generally trails Wisconsin averages.
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