Summary:
The Whitewater Unified School District in Wisconsin serves PK–5 students at three elementary schools — Lincoln Elementary, Washington Elementary, and Lakeview Elementary — enrolling 879 students combined (Lincoln 358, Washington 312, Lakeview 209).
All three schools improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26, and they now sit close together: each ranks between the 44th and 50th percentiles with 2 stars. Lincoln posts the highest 2025–26 composite proficiency at 55.93% and the biggest two-year rank climb, from the 20th percentile in 2023–24 to the 50th in 2025–26. It does so while having the highest free/reduced lunch rate (55.87%), the lowest per-student spending ($17,271), and the highest student-teacher ratio (11.7), and its chronic absenteeism of 6.9% is below both the district (7.7%) and state (17.3%). Washington has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 1.9% and the lowest FRL rate at 46.47%, plus the strongest prior track record (50th percentile, 3 stars in 2023–24). Lakeview, the smallest school, spends the most per student ($19,488), has the lowest student-teacher ratio (10.4), and made the largest one-year composite gain, up +10.63 points to 54.22%.
Subject results are uneven. All three schools exceeded the state in 4th grade math and science, and Lincoln (67.86%) and Lakeview (69.23%) exceeded the state in 4th grade social studies. ELA is the shared weakness: no school's ELA average topped the state's 53.19%, with Washington closest at 52.02% and Lakeview lowest at 44.78%. Fifth grade splits sharply — Washington's 5th grade ELA (55.56%) and math (53.33%) beat state averages, while Lakeview's 5th grade ELA (33.33%) and math (39.39%) are the lowest figures in the data set. Notably, all three elementaries outrank the district overall, which sits at the 27th percentile with 1 star.
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