Summary
iLEAD Charter School is a small public charter school in Mauston, Wisconsin, serving about 65 students in grades 6–12 at 800 Grayside Ave. as part of the Mauston School District. In 2025–2026 it ranked 328th of 533 Wisconsin high schools (38th percentile, 2 stars), placing it below the state median but well above Lemonweir Academy, the district's other small option. Its recent history has been uneven: it ranked in the 9th percentile in 2022–2023, climbed to the 48th percentile in 2023–2024, and settled at 38th percentile in 2025–2026.
Test results are sharply split by grade and subject. Bright spots include 7th-grade English language arts at 57.14%, above both district and state, and 10th-grade social studies at 83.33% — the highest among the nearby schools. The 8th grade is a clear red flag: proficiency was 16.67% in ELA, math, social studies, and science in 2025–2026, far below district and state averages. ACT results in ELA, math, and science also trail the state, with ACT Science especially low at 27.27% and consistently low across the years with data. Scores have swung widely from year to year, which is common in a very small school but makes single-year comparisons unreliable.
iLEAD's 2024–2025 graduation rate of 84.6% is the lowest among nearby schools with reported data, down from 95.8% the year before and 100% two years earlier, though a small class can swing this sharply. The dropout rate is 1.6%, above the district's 0.3% and the state's 1.1%, and chronic absenteeism is 17.7%, close to the state average but higher than Mauston High, Wisconsin Dells High, Hillsboro High, Necedah High, Royall High, and New Lisbon Junior High/High. The school spends $13,011 per student, the lowest among nearby schools, and its reported student-teacher ratio of 34.2 is much higher than most nearby high schools. Overall, iLEAD shows real pockets of success but inconsistent results; parents should weigh multi-year trends over any single year.
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