Summary
School of Options and Applied Research High is a small public high school serving grades 9–12 with 65 students in Eagle River, Wisconsin, part of the Northland Pines School District, which is ranked 190 of 432 in the state (56th percentile, 3 stars). The school sits just 0.14 miles from the district's much larger comprehensive school, Northland Pines Middle and High School (543 students), and its own rank history has been volatile — from 30 of 391 (92nd percentile, 5 stars) in 2021–22 down to 450 of 533 (16th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–26.
Its clearest strength is completion: graduation rates ran 96.7%–100% in recent years, and dropout rates were 0.0% every year from 2020–21 through 2024–25, better than both the district and state. Yet test proficiency is far below district, state, and nearby schools. In 2025–26, 10th-grade math was 9.09% proficient (state 42.93%), English language arts 22.73% (state 48.47%), science 31.82%, and social studies 42.86%. Chronic absenteeism is the most striking challenge: it spiked from 16.0% in 2021–22 to 48.1% in 2022–23, then improved to 27.0% in 2024–25 — still above the district (13.7%), the state (17.3%), and nearby Northland Pines (16.9%) and Phelps High (12.0%). About 56.92% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, higher than nearby schools, while per-student spending ($14,999) is lower and the student-teacher ratio (17.1) higher than comparison schools.
For context, Three Lakes High is a small rural school in the 75th percentile with 4 stars, a 30.13% free/reduced-lunch rate, and higher proficiency in every subject. Subgroup results here remain in the bottom third statewide, though low-income and male students have improved since 2023–24. With only 65 students, year-to-year percentages can swing on a handful of students, so treat changes as directional. The most actionable priorities are sustaining the attendance gains and targeting math and ELA.
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