Rothschild Elementary

Rothschild Elementary is a PK–5 school with 408 students at 810 1st St in Rothschild, Wisconsin, a village just south of Wausau, and it is one of four elementary schools in the D.C. Everest Area School District. It currently ranks 475th of 1,039 Wisconsin elementary schools — the 54th percentile, 3 stars — which is slightly above its own district's standing. After sitting in the bottom fifth of the state and dipping to the 27th percentile (1 star) in 2022-23, the school has posted four consecutive improvements: 27 → 41 → 53 → 54.

The school's signature strength is attendance. Its chronic absenteeism rate is 4.5%, less than half the district rate (10.9%) and roughly a quarter of the state rate (17.3%) — and it is the lowest of any nearby school, well below Evergreen Elementary (5.9%), Rib Mountain Elementary (6.3%) and Odyssey Elementary (20.3%). Early-grade math is a second bright spot: 78.0% of third graders were proficient in 2025-26, above the district (70.1%) and far above the state (54.8%), with third-grade reading at 72.0% versus the state's 52.1%. The school also ranks well above its overall position for English language learners (76th percentile, 4 stars), low-income students (69th) and special-education students (61st). It does this while spending $14,298 per student, among the lowest in the comparison group — less than Franklin Elementary, John Marshall Elementary and G D Jones Elementary, all of which it outperforms.

The clearest weak point is fourth grade science and social studies, the only grade tested in those subjects. Science proficiency is 37.5%, more than 20 points behind the district and 16 points behind the state, and social studies sits at 51.8% versus 70.3% district and 65.5% state. Families should also note that the school's low-income rate has fallen to 40.9%, and that its strong attendance culture predates the test-score gains — a favorable sign for continued progress.