Summary:
ZIP code 54520 in Crandon, Wisconsin is home to a single public high school: Crandon High, which serves grades 9–12 with 226 students as part of the Crandon School District. Because it is the only high school in the area, the most useful comparisons are against the district and Wisconsin statewide averages rather than against other nearby schools.
Academically, Crandon High's clearest strength is science. In 2025–2026, 50.00% of 10th-grade ACT Science test-takers were proficient — above the district's 49.15% and the state's 43.20% — a large jump from 32.08% in 2024–2025, when it trailed the state. Mathematics also improved sharply, from 22.64% to 32.76%, though it remains below the state's 42.93%. English Language Arts is the biggest gap: 34.48% in 2025–2026, down slightly from 35.85% and roughly 14 points below the state average. Social Studies slipped from 50.00%, above the state's 47.67%, to 44.44%, below the state's 48.25%. In most years the school's scores closely mirror the district's.
Engagement results are mixed. The graduation rate was 94.4% in 2024–2025, just under the district's 94.5% but above Wisconsin's 92.0%. However, chronic absenteeism was 27.4% — better than the district's 29.3% but far above the state's 17.3% — and the dropout rate of 1.7% exceeded both the district and state rates of 1.1%. Crandon High's school-level rank rose to 317 of 533, the 41st percentile with 2 stars, in 2025–2026, its best showing in three years, even as the district overall ranked in the 8th percentile with 0 stars. The school spends $18,511 per student with a 12.6:1 student-teacher ratio, and about 35% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
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