Summary
Cuba City Elementary is a PK–5 school with 288 students in the Cuba City School District in Cuba City, Wisconsin. In 2025–26 it ranked 540 of 1,039 Wisconsin elementary schools — 48th percentile, 2 stars — while its district ranked 149 of 432 (66th percentile, 3 stars). The school was a 4-star, 70th–80th percentile performer in the late 2010s and 2020–22, then slipped to 2 stars and the mid-40s in 2023–26, with a slight recent uptick (45th, 46th, then 48th percentile).
Its academics are uneven rather than uniformly weak. Reading and social studies are strengths: every tested ELA grade came in above the state, and 4th-grade social studies proficiency of 78.13% beat the state's 65.51% and outpaced Darlington Elementary/Middle, Potosi Elementary, Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary, and Shullsburg Elementary. Math and science pull the overall rating down. Fourth-grade math is the standout outlier: only 28.13% proficient, roughly 25 points below the state and below every nearby school except Shullsburg. Fifth-grade math (44.44%) also trails most peers, though 3rd-grade math (63.89%) is above the state. Fourth-grade science (46.88%) fell below the state's 53.46%, ahead of only Darlington and Shullsburg and well behind Belmont Elementary, Westview Elementary, and Benton Elementary.
The surrounding context looks relatively favorable. Chronic absenteeism is 8.6%, about half Wisconsin's 17.3%, though it rose from 3.8% a year earlier and remains higher than Potosi, Darlington, Belmont, Southwestern, and Benton elementaries. The free/reduced lunch rate is 30.9%, lower than Darlington, Westview, and Shullsburg but higher than Potosi and Southwestern. Per-student spending is $15,209 — mid-pack locally — with a favorable 11.4 student-teacher ratio. Subgroup results are mixed: relative effectiveness for special education and low-income students has improved, while the school's ranking for its largest student group fell from 3 stars in 2020–21 to 1 star in 2024–25. The main challenge appears to be uneven math and science instruction rather than attendance or resources.
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