Summary:
ZIP code 53948 in Mauston, Wisconsin contains seven schools serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade — three elementaries, one middle school, and three high schools, two of which are small charter/alternative programs — all part of the Mauston School District, which is rated 357th of 432 Wisconsin districts (17th percentile, 1 star). Total enrollment is about 1,349 students, and roughly one in five attends a charter option. Building sizes vary widely, from 365 students at Mauston High down to 65 at iLEAD Charter School. West Side Elementary (PK–2) has no test scores or rank history, since the state does not test those grades.
The single district rating masks a much more varied picture inside the buildings. Mauston High has climbed to 3 stars and the 66th percentile, with a 95.1% graduation rate, 0.0% dropout rate, and ACT results above state in math, science, and ELA. Mauston Montessori Charter School has the ZIP's best attendance — 3.9% chronic absenteeism versus 16.6% district and 17.3% state — but 3rd-grade math proficiency of only 6.67%. iLEAD Charter School posts the highest single tested result in the group, 83.33% in 10th-grade social studies, yet the lowest graduation rate (84.6%). Lemonweir Academy ranks lowest (479th of 533, 10th percentile) with the highest absenteeism (23.4%), highest FRL (72.29%), and highest spending ($16,181).
Math is the systemic weak spot, and it worsens with grade level: at Grayside Elementary, proficiency falls from 57.69% in 3rd grade to 29.58% in 5th. Social studies is the relative strength, with results above state at Grayside, Olson Middle, and iLEAD. Spending ranges from $11,404 to $16,181 per student with no clean relationship to rank, and chronic absenteeism spans 3.9% to 23.4% — a six-fold spread within one district. Year-to-year swings at the smallest schools rest on very thin cohorts and should be read with caution.
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