Summary
Fox Valley Virtual School is a public virtual school in Menasha, Wisconsin, serving 90 students in grades PK–8 as part of the Menasha Joint School District. It is a bright spot within its district: the district ranks 333rd of 432 Wisconsin districts (23rd percentile, 1 star), while the school ranks 442nd of 1,039 schools in 2025–2026 — the 57th percentile with 3 stars. That is higher than every nearby same-district elementary: Clovis Grove Elementary (45th percentile), Gegan Elementary (24th), Butte des Morts Elementary (24th), and Banta Bilingual Elementary (22nd). It still trails the strongest Neenah Joint School District schools, including ACE Alliance Charter Elementary (88th percentile), Tullar Elementary (83rd), Coolidge Elementary (72nd), and Spring Road Elementary (69th). Its ranking history has been volatile: 1 star in 2021–2022, 3 stars in 2022–2023, 2 stars in each of the next two years, then 3 stars again.
English Language Arts is the clearest strength. In 2025–2026, ELA proficiency was 78.57% in 6th grade, 90% in 7th, and 70% in 8th — well above district and state. Math averages about 53%, near the state average and above the district's roughly 46%, though 8th-grade math (40%) is below both. Social studies is above state averages, while science is at 50% in both 4th and 8th grades, below the state. The school serves a high-poverty population (60% free/reduced lunch) and spends $25,309 per student, more than any nearby school. Its student-teacher ratio is a low 9.8, and chronic absenteeism is 8.0%, better than the district (14.6%) and state (17.3%).
The reported dropout rate for 2024–2025 is 4.7%, versus 1.0% district and 1.1% state, after two years at 0.0% — though in a 90-student PK–8 school this may reflect very few students. With enrollment this small, single-year results swing widely; 6th-grade ELA, for example, went from 77.78% to 33.33% and back to 78.57% in three years. Subgroup data suggests results may not be evenly distributed, and trends over multiple years are more informative than any one year.
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