Summary:
Woodruff J1 School District is a single-school district in northern Wisconsin, served entirely by Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary, a school classified as Elementary but serving grades PK–8 with 514 students. Because the district has only one school, district-level results mirror the school’s results almost exactly, with only small differences—for example, 2025–26 8th Grade ELA is 70% at the school but 68.85% at the district, and 8th Grade Science is 71.67% at the school but 72.13% at the district. Families in this area have one public school option spanning pre-kindergarten through 8th grade.
Academically, the school performs above the Wisconsin average. In 2025–2026 it exceeded the state in 13 of 16 tested grade and subject combinations, up from 11 of 16 the prior year. Science shows the largest average gap at +13.57 points, and 8th grade is the strongest grade band, scoring 70% in ELA, 70% in Math, 75% in Social Studies, and 71.67% in Science—all well above state averages. Other standouts include 3rd Grade Math (73.17% vs. 54.75%) and 5th Grade ELA (71.11% vs. 53.63%). The weakest areas are 6th Grade ELA (49.02% vs. 54.95%) and 7th Grade Math (48.08% vs. 55.67%), with 6th Grade Math also slightly below state (52.94% vs. 53.60%). Year over year, the schoolwide unweighted average rose from 61.15% to 62.79%, and the school’s gap over the state widened slightly.
The main red flags are not academic. Chronic absenteeism is 19.6% versus the state’s 17.3%, and the dropout rate is 2.4%, more than double the state’s 1.1%. The school’s rank slipped to 404 of 1,039 (61st percentile, 3 stars) from 357 of 1,044 (66th percentile) the prior year even as absolute scores improved—a reminder that relative standing can shift when other schools improve faster. Resource context looks favorable on paper: per-student spending is $16,717, the student-teacher ratio is 11.4:1, and 36.77% of students (about 189 of 514) qualify for free or reduced lunch.
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