Summary:
The Wisconsin Rapids School District consists of 12 schools, including 9 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 2 high schools, serving students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. The district is located in Wisconsin Rapids, a city in central Wisconsin with a population of around 18,000.
Within the district, a few schools stand out for their strong academic performance. THINK Academy-Together Helping INspire Kids, an elementary school, consistently ranks in the top 30% of Wisconsin elementary schools and has particularly high test scores in math and social studies. Grant Elementary also has impressive test scores, with 60-70% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and Math, and a relatively low rate of free/reduced lunch students. Howe Elementary has strong academic performance as well, with test scores above the district and state averages, despite having a high percentage of free/reduced lunch students.
The district as a whole faces some challenges, such as consistently high chronic absenteeism rates across all schools, ranging from 17.7% to 17.7%. Additionally, there is a wide range of academic performance and spending per student, with the higher-spending schools generally serving more economically disadvantaged populations. The Wisconsin Rapids School District should focus on addressing chronic absenteeism, supporting its higher-poverty schools, and learning from the practices of its top-performing schools to raise achievement across the board.
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