Summary:
The Wautoma Area School District serves roughly 1,300 students across four schools — two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — covering grades PK–12 in Wisconsin, and the district is rated 1 star at the 12th percentile of 432 Wisconsin districts. That single district-level rating appears on every school record, even though the individual schools perform quite differently.
Among the elementary and middle schools, Parkside School is the largest with 480 students in grades 4–8 and has the district's lowest chronic absenteeism at 9.1%. Its 4th- and 5th-grade reading, math, and science results beat state averages, but its 6th- through 8th-grade scores fall well below state — 6th-grade math alone dropped from 54.21 to 32.56 in a year. Redgranite Elementary is the smallest school at 130 students and has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (63.08%) and the highest student-teacher ratio (15.4), yet many of its scores improved, and its 3rd-grade reading (52.38) edges past the state. Riverview Elementary has the most resources — $16,910 per student and the lowest student-teacher ratio at 11.8 — but its 3rd-grade reading and math both fell below state.
Wautoma High graduates 100% of its students with a 0.0% dropout rate, but its 2025–2026 ACT and social studies scores are all below state, with science falling from 44.30 to 28.57. Across all four schools, chronic absenteeism is below the state's 17.3%, a genuine strength. The takeaway for families: completion and attendance are solid, but academic results vary sharply by school and grade, and the bright spots in the early grades are not yet consistent.
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