Summary
Peshtigo High is a 9–12 school of about 330 students in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, the only high school in the Peshtigo School District in Marinette County. Its 2025–26 building rank is 313th of 533 Wisconsin high schools (41st percentile, 2 stars) — clearly stronger than the district's own 30th-percentile standing, and the school's best result since 2015–16 after a decade drifting between roughly the 8th and 49th percentile. About 29.7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, the second-lowest rate among nearby schools.
Test scores still trail the state in all four subjects, but the gap narrowed dramatically in one year: from roughly 12–14 points to 2–7 points. English language arts rose 9.4 points, math 7.7, and social studies 6.7, against largely flat state results; science was the exception, essentially flat. Attendance is the clearest concern — chronic absenteeism climbed to 18.4% in 2024–25, above the district's 11.0% and the state's 17.3%, up from 10.2% two years earlier. Nearby Crivitz High (11.7%) and Coleman High (11.9%) keep absenteeism about a third lower. Graduation is a strength at 93.4%, above the state's 92.0%, though the 1.5% dropout rate runs above both district and state.
Peshtigo does this with the lowest per-student spending in its local group ($14,845) and the largest classes (15.3 students per teacher). By comparison, Coleman ($17,188; ratio 11.6) ranks 76th percentile and Crivitz ($19,405; ratio 13.1) 69th, while Peshtigo sits at 41st — though well ahead of Marinette High (27th percentile, 1 star) just 6.2 miles away. Boys (48th percentile) now outperform girls (34th), and low-income students (38th) perform close to the school overall, with special education students (27th) the clearest subgroup weakness.
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