Summary
Wild Rose High is a public school in Wild Rose, WI, serving 287 students in grades 6–12, unlike most nearby high schools that serve grades 9–12 only. Its district, Wild Rose School District, ranks 281 of 432 in Wisconsin (35th percentile, 2 stars), and the school ranks 353 of 533 in 2025–2026 (34th percentile, 2 stars). Rankings have been volatile: 67th percentile in 2024–25, 26th in 2023–24, 33rd in 2022–23, and 34th in 2025–26. About 43.21% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch in 2024–25, down from 50%, with a student-teacher ratio of 11.9 and per-student spending of $15,701.
At 287 students, Wild Rose High is mid-sized for the area—larger than Almond-Bancroft High, Tri-County High, and Weyauwega High, but smaller than Amherst High, Wautoma High, and Waupaca High. In 2025–26 overall rankings, Wild Rose High sits below Amherst High (71st percentile, 4 stars), Waupaca High (59th, 3 stars), and Weyauwega High (51st, 3 stars), but above Wautoma High (29th, 1 star), Tri-County High (24th, 1 star), and Almond-Bancroft High (23rd, 1 star). Its 97.9% graduation rate is above the state’s 92.0%. The dropout rate is 1.2%, slightly above the state’s 1.1%. Chronic absenteeism is 11.8%, well below the state’s 17.3% but above the Wild Rose School District’s 9.5%.
Because Wild Rose High serves grades 6–12, its test results include middle-school grades that nearby 9–12 high schools do not report. In 2025–26, middle-school math was above state in grades 6–7 (60% and 56.82% proficient) but below state in grade 8 (50% vs. 53.67%), while ELA was below state in all three middle grades. Grade 8 social studies (75% vs. 64.63%) and science (56.25% vs. 51.86%) were strong. High-school measures were weaker: 10th-grade social studies was 36.11% vs. state 48.25%, and high-school ACT measures were below state. Subgroup rankings for female, male, and low-income students dropped to mostly below average in 2025–26. The school’s performance is highly volatile, with middle-school math a relative strength in grades 6–7 but a persistent weakness in grade 8, and chronic absenteeism has improved.
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