Summary
Blair-Taylor Elementary is a PK–5 school serving 306 students in Blair, a small community in western Wisconsin, and is part of the Blair-Taylor School District. In 2025–26 it ranked 617 of 1,039 Wisconsin elementary schools — the 41st percentile, or 2 stars — while its district ranked 361 of 432 districts (16th percentile, 1 star), making the elementary school a relative bright spot in a lower-ranked district. The school has improved over time, moving from the 26th–29th percentile in 2015–16 through 2017–18 to mostly 2-star status since 2018–19.
Results vary widely by grade and subject. In 2025–26, 3rd grade English language arts stood out at 69.39%, about 17 points above Wisconsin's 52.08%, and 4th grade social studies reached 74.36% versus 65.51% statewide. But 4th grade ELA was 35.90%, nearly 18 points below the state, and science was 46.15%, about 7 points below. Across grades 3–5, ELA averaged about 49.5% and math about 48.0%, both below state averages of roughly 53%; math has fallen from about 57.5% in 2023–24, when it was above the state. Science has trailed the state in each of the last four reported years. Among nearby schools, Blair-Taylor's 41st percentile is above Red Creek Elementary (21st), Arcadia Elementary (12th), Independence Elementary (28th) and Whitehall Memorial Elementary (33rd), but below Melrose-Mindoro Elementary (44th), Galesville Elementary (52nd) and Ettrick Elementary (94th, 5 stars).
Attendance is a strength: chronic absenteeism was 9.1% in 2024–25, below the district's 12.9% and the state's 17.3%, though nearby Ettrick Elementary (1.9%), Melrose-Mindoro Elementary (2.3%) and Galesville Elementary (2.6%) show even lower rates are possible. Blair-Taylor spends $18,081 per student — second-highest in the group behind Independence Elementary's $19,475 — yet its 13.3 student-teacher ratio is the highest there. Compared with Whitehall Memorial Elementary, which has a similar free/reduced-lunch rate (50.57% vs. 49.35%), Blair-Taylor ranks higher and has lower absenteeism but spends $3,210 more per student. Inside the school, female students ranked at the 52nd percentile (3 stars) and male students at the 32nd (2 stars), while special education students improved from the 17th percentile in 2023–24 to the 47th in 2025–26.
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