Summary
Solon Springs School is a small, rural PK–12 public school in Solon Springs, Wisconsin, serving 173 students—roughly 12–13 per grade—and it is effectively the entire Solon Springs School District. Because it enrolls about 91% of district students, the district's 1-star, 372nd-of-432 state ranking mostly describes this school. The only other school nearby is the 17-student Eagles' Wings Virtual Charter School, a PK–12 virtual charter at the same address; it reports almost no test data, so Wisconsin is the most useful comparison.
Academically, the school trails the state in most grades and subjects. In 2025–26, its average was about 24.5% proficient in English language arts and about 24.1% in math across grades 3–8, versus state averages near 54.0% and 53.7%. The school narrowed the math gap in 2023–24 and 2024–25, then fell back sharply in 2025–26. Middle school is stronger: 8th-grade math, science, and social studies, plus 10th-grade social studies, have often exceeded state rates. Elementary grades are the weakest area, especially 4th- and 5th-grade math, where 5th grade hit 0.0% in both 2024–25 and 2025–26. College readiness is also a concern: about 26.3% of 10th graders met ACT ELA and math benchmarks, roughly half the state rate.
Attendance and completion show mixed signals. The 2024–25 graduation rate was 100%, above the 92.0% state rate, but the dropout rate has been at or above the state rate for five years. Chronic absenteeism is the most persistent weakness: 31.9% in 2024–25 versus 17.3% statewide—about 1 in 3 students versus 1 in 6. Resources have shifted: spending per student fell about 29% from $16,134 in 2021–22 to $11,511 in 2024–25, while the student–teacher ratio improved from 15.3 to 9.7. Compared with Eagles' Wings Virtual Charter School, the main school serves far more students, reports test scores, and has a much lower dropout rate (2.1% vs. 22.7%), while the virtual charter costs about 41% more per pupil. With only 7–9 students tested per grade, small year-to-year changes can reflect just one or two children.
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