Summary:
ZIP code 54456 is home to a single public high school: Neillsville High, which serves grades 9–12 with 246 students in the Neillsville School District in Neillsville, Wisconsin. Because there is only one high school in this area, there are no local peers to compare it against — the more useful comparison is between the school and state averages. About 44.31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, per-student spending is $16,028, and the student-teacher ratio is 13.9, which works out to roughly 18 teachers for 246 students. The district as a whole ranks 347 of 432, at the 20th percentile with 1 star.
The school's completion outcomes are its strongest feature. The graduation rate is 93.3%, slightly above the state's 92.0%, and the dropout rate is 0.0% versus 1.1% statewide. Mathematics is the clearest academic bright spot: ACT math proficiency rose from 40.91% to 50.94%, moving from 1.82 points below the state to 8.01 points above it (state: 42.93%). Social Studies also improved sharply, from 29.51% to 40.3%, though it remains 7.95 points below the state's 48.25%. Overall school ranking improved to 335 of 533 schools — 37th percentile with 2 stars — up from the 20th percentile and 1 star the prior year. Note that the ranking pool changed size between years, so percentile and stars are the more comparable measures.
Parents should weigh some clear academic gaps. English Language Arts ACT proficiency is 30.19%, far below the state's 48.47% — an 18.28-point difference. Science proficiency slipped from 36.36% to 33.96%, widening its gap to the state from 7.06 to 9.24 points. Chronic absenteeism is 19.7%, higher than both the district's 13.1% and the state's 17.3%, meaning roughly 1 in 5 students misses substantial school time. With only about 61–62 students per grade, a few students can shift a proficiency rate by several percentage points, so single-year changes should be read cautiously.
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