Summary
Robinson Elementary is a PK–5 school serving 145 students in the small rural community of Laona, in northern Wisconsin, as part of the Laona School District. The school's 2025–26 rank is 581 of 1,039 Wisconsin elementary schools (44th percentile, 2 stars), and its district ranks 221 of 432 statewide (49th percentile, 2 stars).
Robinson's recent trajectory has been up and down. After two difficult years — the 19th percentile in 2023–24 and 22nd in 2024–25 — it rebounded to the 44th percentile in 2025–26, though that is still well below its 71st-percentile peaks in 2020–21 and 2021–22 and its 85th percentile in 2015–16. Among nearby schools, Wabeno Elementary (31st percentile), Goodman-Armstrong Elementary (23rd) and Crandon Elementary (15th) all ranked lower in 2025–26 — but Wabeno outperformed Robinson in the two prior years, so this is a leapfrog rather than a long-standing lead. Chronic absenteeism was 16.0% in 2024–25, better than the state (17.3%) and Crandon (30.2%), though above the district's own 12.2% and Goodman-Armstrong's 8.3%. About 45.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, far more than Crandon's 18.9%, yet Robinson still outperformed Crandon in the latest results.
Fourth grade was a clear bright spot in 2025–26: math proficiency was 61.9 (state: 52.87), social studies 85.71 (state: 65.51) and science 71.43 (state: 53.46) — all above state averages and most nearby schools. The weaker links are English language arts, below state in grades 3, 4 and 5, and math in grades 3 and 5 (5th-grade math was 36.36, behind Wabeno and Goodman-Armstrong). Notably, Robinson's low-income students ranked in the 87th percentile (4 stars), far above the school's overall 44th percentile. Because grade-level cohorts are tiny, single-year swings should be read with caution.
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