Summary
Classical School is a K–8 school serving 487 students at 3310 N Durkee St in Appleton, Wisconsin, as part of the Appleton Area School District. Statewide in 2025–2026 it ranked 69th of 1,039 Wisconsin schools, placing it in the 93rd percentile with a 5-star rating, while the district ranked 253rd of 432 at the 41st percentile with 2 stars. Nearby district elementary schools ranked between the 17th and 47th percentiles, with Houdini Elementary (47th) and Ferber Elementary (46th) closest. Classical also climbed from the 84th percentile in 2023–2024 to 89th in 2024–2025 and 93rd in 2025–2026.
Proficiency on the 2025–2026 Forward Exam is exceptionally high. Grade 4 ELA was 83.33%, versus 60.82% at Ferber, 52.49% in the district, and 53.87% statewide; grade 4 math was 88.89% and grade 4 social studies 96.30%. Grade 3 ELA was 70.37% (above Edison Elementary's 53.66%), and grade 5 ELA and math were both 76.67%, above Houdini's 59.04% and Franklin Elementary's 63.64% in math. In grades 6–8, where nearby schools are PK–5 and offer no same-grade comparison, Classical still topped district and state averages: grade 8 ELA was 60% versus 57.14% and 54.38%, and grade 8 math was 63.33% versus 48.74% and 53.67%.
Chronic absenteeism in 2024–2025 was 5.1%, far below the district's 15.7% and the state's 17.3%, and lower than every listed nearby school, which ranged from 6.4% at Ferber and Huntley Elementary to 29.2% at The Omolade Academy. Classical's 2024–2025 per-student spending was $12,191 — below every listed nearby school, from $14,172 at Appleton Bilingual School to $21,507 at Highlands Elementary — and its student–teacher ratio of 18.3 was higher than all of them. Subgroup results are strong, with male students at the 97th percentile, low-income students at the 92nd percentile, and Asian students at the 90th percentile. Keep in mind that single-grade rates reflect a different group of students each year, and most comparisons here involve PK–5 schools.
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