Summary
North Elementary is a public school in Antigo, Wisconsin — a small city in the state's northwoods where about 72% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch — serving 154 students in grades 2 through 4 as part of the Antigo Unified School District. For 2025–26, North ranked 659 of 1,039 Wisconsin elementary schools (37th percentile, 2 stars), its best result in the available history and a clear step up from 2018–19, when it sat at the 12th percentile with 1 star. The district itself ranks 342 of 432 districts statewide (21st percentile, 1 star).
North serves a high-poverty population but has unusual resources. It spends $19,697 per student and has a 9.9:1 student-teacher ratio — far more staffing and money than nearby West Elementary ($14,751; 13.5:1), White Lake Elementary ($10,673; 11:1) and Birnamwood Elementary ($11,882; 14.4:1). Yet chronic absenteeism is 23.6%, above the state's 17.3% and well above West (9.6%), Birnamwood (9.6%) and White Lake (15.1%), though below the district average of 25.0%. It improved from 28.8% in 2023–24, but it remains the school's clearest challenge.
Achievement is mixed. On the 2025–26 Forward Exam, third-grade English language arts (55.77%) beat both the district and the state, and fourth-grade science (60.22%) beat the state's 53.46%. Math is weaker: 42.31% in third grade and 41.94% in fourth, both below state averages, while fourth-grade math trails White Lake (62.5%) and Birnamwood (64.1%) by roughly 20 points. Fourth-grade ELA (43.01%) is also below the state. Encouragingly, students from low-income families rank at the 58th percentile and students in special education at the 41st — both above North's overall standing. With only 154 students and just grades 2–4 tested, year-to-year numbers can swing, so parents should read any single result with that in mind.
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