Wausaukee Elementary

Wausaukee Elementary is a PK–5 public school serving about 168 students in Wausaukee, Wisconsin, a small community in the northeastern part of the state, and it is the elementary school of the Wausaukee School District. In 2025–2026 the school ranked 933rd of 1,039 elementary schools statewide (10th percentile, 1 star), while its district ranked 409th of 432 districts (5th percentile, 0 stars). This is part of a long-term slide: the school sat around the 28th–30th percentile in 2015–2018 but has mostly been in the 10th–21st percentile since 2020–2021.

Test results show broad gaps rather than a single weak spot. In 2025–2026, Wausaukee scored below the state average in every reported grade and subject, and some gaps are large: 5th-grade math was 0% proficient versus 51.81% statewide, 3rd-grade English language arts was 15.38% versus 52.08%, and 4th-grade social studies was 27.78% versus 65.51%. Compared with two nearby schools, Pembine Elementary and Crivitz Elementary, Wausaukee trails in nearly every shared grade and subject. The one exception is 3rd-grade math, where its 30.77% edges Pembine's 27.27% but remains below Crivitz and the state.

Chronic absenteeism was 12.9% in 2024–2025 — better than the state's 17.3% and the district's 16.8%, but roughly double Pembine's 6.4% and above Crivitz's 7.8%. Spending and poverty do not fully explain the results: Wausaukee spends $17,180 per student, more than Crivitz ($12,872), which has lower poverty and far stronger outcomes, while Pembine has higher poverty (66.91% free/reduced lunch) and still outperforms Wausaukee. Among student groups, low-income students ranked in the 3rd percentile in 2025–2026, while special education students reached the 42nd percentile in 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 — above the school's overall standing in those years. Parents should expect a small school facing systemic academic challenges.