Summary:
ZIP code 54004 in Wisconsin is served by a single public high school: Clayton High, part of the Clayton School District. It serves grades 9–12 with an enrollment of 86 students, making it a very small rural high school where a single student's results can noticeably move percentages from year to year. For families, that means year-over-year swings deserve caution rather than alarm or celebration in isolation.
Clayton High's completion outcomes are its clearest strength. In 2024–2025 it reported a 100% graduation rate, above the state's 92%, and a 0% dropout rate, below the state's 1.1%. Resources also look favorable: a student-teacher ratio of 8.5 and per-student spending of $20,741, which could support individualized attention in a small setting. Chronic absenteeism stands at 17.3%, matching the state average exactly but running 4.9 percentage points above the district's 12.4%. About 39.53% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, a meaningful context factor — the data offers no state or district comparison for that figure.
The academic picture is more mixed. School rank has slid from the 36th percentile in 2023–2024 to 32nd in 2024–2025 to 17th in 2025–2026 (442 of 533), with the rating dropping to 1 star from 2 stars in each prior year. In 2025–2026, every reported subject fell below the state average, with Social Studies the sharpest gap — down to 8.33% from 52% a year earlier, while the state moved only slightly. Note that the most recent test scores are from 2025–2026, while graduation, dropout, absenteeism, lunch, spending, and staffing figures come from 2024–2025, so these metrics describe slightly different points in time. Also, the school's and district's proficiency rates are identical for every reported test.
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