Weston Senior High School

Weston Senior High School is a small rural public high school in Cazenovia, Wisconsin, serving roughly 68 students in grades 9–12 as part of the Weston School District. The school ranked 341 of 533 Wisconsin high schools in 2025–26 — the 36th percentile, with 2 stars — an improvement over the 23rd percentile in 2023–24 but still below the state median. Its ranking history is unusually jumpy, from the 95th percentile in 2010–11 to the 14th in 2011–12 and back up to 36th, a pattern typical of very small schools where a few students can move the numbers a lot.

Resources set Weston apart. Its student–teacher ratio of 7.6 in 2024–25 was the lowest among nearby schools, and its per-student spending of $25,789 was the highest in that group — nearly double what Reedsburg Area High spends, though Reedsburg is far larger. Results, however, are mixed. Math is a genuine bright spot: 54.55% proficiency in 2025–26, above the state's 42.93% and higher than every nearby school with comparable data, including Royall High and Hillsboro High. English language arts (36.36%), science (36.36%), and social studies (31.25%) all fell below state rates, with social studies the lowest among nearby schools. Graduation was strong at 94.1%, above the state's 92.0%, and the dropout rate was 0.0%.

Two issues stand out for families. First, chronic absenteeism reached 32.8% in 2024–25 — the highest among nearby schools, which ranged from 7.7% at Royall to 28.5% at Richland Center High — and above both the district's 19.6% and the state's 17.3%. It has also been rising. Second, because the school is so small, any single year of test data is noisy; multi-year trends are more reliable. Notably, Weston's free/reduced lunch rate of 36.76% is lower than most nearby schools, so its weaker ELA and social studies results are not simply a reflection of higher poverty than its peers.