Summary:
ZIP code 54245 contains exactly one high school: Valders High, a public school serving grades 9–12 with 291 students in the Valders Area School District at 201 W Wilson St, Valders, WI. Parents have a single public high school option in this ZIP code, so comparisons are against the district, state, and prior years.
Valders High shows strong outcomes on completion and attendance. Its 2024–25 graduation rate is 95.4%, above the state’s 92.0% and equal to the district’s 95.4%. The dropout rate is 0.3%, well below the state’s 1.1% though slightly above the district’s 0.2%. Chronic absenteeism is 7.1%, lower than the district’s 8.1% and less than half the state’s 17.3%. The school’s rank has improved from the 46th percentile with 2 stars in 2023–24, to the 52nd percentile with 3 stars in 2024–25, to the 54th percentile with 3 stars in 2025–26 (247 of 533). The reported district rank is 301 of 432, or the 30th percentile with 2 stars, so the high school’s rank is higher than the district’s overall rank.
Test-score results are mixed. In 2025–26, math ACT proficiency is 50%, up from 42.31% and above the state’s 42.93%. Social Studies Forward Exam proficiency is 50%, slightly above the state’s 48.25%. However, English Language Arts ACT proficiency dropped from 56.41% to 44.83%, below the state’s 48.47%. Science ACT proficiency is 37.93%, down from 42.31% and below the state’s 43.20%. Additional context: 23.02% free/reduced lunch, $17,099 per-student spending, and an 11.6:1 student-teacher ratio. No state or district averages for these context metrics are provided, so they cannot be judged as high or low. Overall, Valders High has strong graduation, dropout, and attendance results, a positive rank trend, and relative strengths in math and social studies, with ELA and science as the main academic concerns in the latest year.
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