Summary:
ZIP code 54487 contains one high school: Tomahawk High, a grades 9–12 school with 371 students in the Tomahawk School District. Because it is the only high school in this area, there are no local peers to compare it against, so the most useful benchmarks are its own district and the state of Wisconsin.
Tomahawk High's clearest strengths are completion and attendance. Its graduation rate is 96.4%, above the state's 92.0%, and its dropout rate is 0.0% compared with 1.1% statewide. Chronic absenteeism is 7.9%, less than half the state rate of 17.3%, though it is higher than the district's 5.0%. In academics, math is a relative strength: 44.58% proficient in 2025–2026 versus 42.93% statewide, and 54.76% the prior year versus 42.73%. Social studies improved sharply, from 31.46% — below the state — to 52.22%, which is above it. School and district test results are nearly identical, suggesting the high school largely drives the district's high-school-level test profile.
Other results are uneven. English Language Arts fell from 60.71% to 43.37%, moving from 12.09 points above the state to 5.10 points below. Science dropped from 55.95% to 34.94%, going from 12.53 points above the state to 8.26 points below. The school's ranking reflects that volatility: 275 of 533, 48th percentile, 2 stars in 2025–2026, down from 150 of 431, 65th percentile, 3 stars the year before. For context, 37.2% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $16,438, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.2. The bottom line for families: strong graduation, dropout, and attendance outcomes, with academic proficiency that has shifted noticeably year to year.
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