Summary
Algoma Venture Academy in Algoma, WI, is a very small public school serving grades 7–12 with 35 students in the Algoma School District, a district ranked 378th of 432 in Wisconsin (12th percentile, 1 star). It shares an address with Algoma High, which enrolls 287 students, suggesting a small alternative, charter, or school-within-a-school setting. Nearby high schools are much larger: Kewaunee High has 284 students, Southern Door High 304, Sturgeon Bay High 348, and Luxemburg-Casco High 661.
In 2025–2026, proficiency at Algoma Venture Academy was 28.57% in social studies, English language arts, math, and science—below the district and state in every subject and lowest or tied for lowest among nearby high schools. Algoma High was slightly higher in social studies, ELA, and math and tied in science. Because the school has only 35 students, results swing widely: prior social studies proficiency reached 66.67% in 2024–2025 and 71.43% in 2022–2023 8th grade, but fell to 20% in 2023–2024, while 8th-grade math was 14.29% in 2022–2023. The 2024–2025 graduation rate was 85.7%, below the district’s 92.9%, the state’s 92.0%, and every nearby comparison school. Dropout was 0.0%, a paper strength, but chronic absenteeism was high: 24.2% in 2024–2025 and 30.3% in 2023–2024, above district and state and higher than most nearby schools.
Other factors show a mixed picture. Free/reduced-price lunch was 48.57%, the highest among nearby schools, while per-pupil spending was $17,319, also the highest nearby, and the student-teacher ratio was 11.6, better than most neighbors. Overall, Algoma Venture Academy is a very small, low-ranked school with recent concerns in absenteeism, graduation, and 2025–2026 proficiency. Its clearest paper strengths are the zero dropout rate and favorable staffing ratio, but tiny cohort sizes mean year-to-year numbers should be interpreted cautiously.
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