Summary:
The Viroqua Area School District serves about 1,038 students across six schools — two elementary, one middle, and three high schools — and is rated 4 stars, ranking 73rd of 432 Wisconsin districts, the 83rd percentile, placing it among the top roughly 17% of districts in the state. The three largest schools — Viroqua High (301 students), Viroqua Elementary (276), and Viroqua Middle (253) — enroll most students, while Viroqua Area Montessori School (147), Laurel High (43), and Vernon County Area Better Futures High (18) are much smaller.
Two schools stand out. Viroqua Area Montessori School ranked 153rd of 1,039 schools (85th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025-2026, with a simple average of about 75.5% proficiency across its 16 reported tests — the highest among tested schools — though it spans PK–8 and overlaps both elementary and middle grades. Laurel High posted the strongest outcomes: 5 stars (91st percentile), a 100% graduation rate, 0% dropout, and the district's lowest chronic absenteeism at 9.5%, all while spending the least per student ($8,629). Viroqua High rebounded to 4 stars and the 77th percentile, with every reported test above the state average and a 95.1% graduation rate. Viroqua Elementary climbed from the 44th to the 76th percentile, with 4th graders at 88.57% proficient in social studies.
Viroqua Middle is the main academic concern among ranked schools: it is the only ranked school at 3 stars, its percentile slipped from 75th to 60th, and its 5th grade math (41.94%) and 8th grade ELA (45.76%) results fell below state. Vernon County Area Better Futures High has the lowest graduation rate (57.1%), the highest dropout rate (5.0%), and the highest per-student spending ($24,847), with no test scores reported. Districtwide, 36 of 40 reported tests beat state averages in 2025-2026, and every reported school's chronic absenteeism is below the state's 17.3%. Spending does not track outcomes here — the lowest-spending school shows the strongest results — so small cohorts and other factors clearly matter.
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