Summary
Rosholt High in Rosholt, WI, is a small public high school serving grades 9–12 with 144 students, located in a rural central Wisconsin community and part of the Rosholt School District. Its recent performance has been volatile but promising: after ranking 21st percentile (1 star) in 2023–2024, it rose to 72nd percentile (4 stars) in 2025–2026, roughly matching nearby Amherst High (71st percentile) and Stevens Point Area Senior High (71st percentile). The school’s 2025–2026 test scores were above state averages in all four tested 10th-grade areas—social studies, English language arts, math, and science—with math and social studies as relative strengths.
For families comparing local options, Rosholt stands out for its small size, low 10.5:1 student–teacher ratio, and high per-student spending of $19,709 in 2024–2025. That ratio is second lowest nearby, behind only Tigerton High (10.1), and spending is second only to Point of Discovery School ($24,385). Rosholt’s free/reduced lunch rate was 20.83%, lower than Stevens Point Area Senior High (30.18%), Wittenberg-Birnamwood High (41.69%), Tigerton High (48%), and Charles F Fernandez Center Alt Learning (75.32%). Graduation rates are a clear strength: 95.2% in 2024–2025, above the state’s 92.0%, with a low 0.7% dropout rate. Completion has stayed consistently high—92.8%–100% since 2021–2022—even when test scores have fluctuated.
The main watch point is chronic absenteeism: 17.4% in 2024–2025, essentially at the state average (17.3%) but above the district’s 10.6% and higher than Amherst High (11.5%), Iola-Scandinavia High (6.5%), Tigerton High (12.8%), and Wittenberg-Birnamwood High (15.4%). Subgroup momentum is mixed but encouraging: male students jumped to 77th percentile (4 stars) in 2025–2026 from 25th percentile the prior year, and female students ranked 54th percentile (3 stars). Low-socioeconomic-status students were a strength in earlier years, though the latest available data point was 36th percentile in 2021–2022. Overall, Rosholt High offers a balanced profile—strong graduation rates, above-state 2025–2026 proficiency, and resource advantages—but sustaining its recent academic jump while reducing absenteeism will be key.
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