Summary:
ZIP code 54534 has just one public high school: Hurley High, a school serving grades 6–12 with 309 students in Hurley, Wisconsin, as part of the Hurley School District. Since it is the only school in this area, there is no local school-to-school comparison to make — the useful benchmarks are the district and the state of Wisconsin.
Hurley High is on a clear upward trajectory. Its percentile rank rose from 38 to 52 to 62 across three reported school years, and its rating moved from 2 stars to 3 stars; the district ranks 164 of 432 in Wisconsin (62nd percentile, 3 stars), while the school ranks 202 of 533. Outcomes at the finish line are strong: a 100.0% graduation rate versus 92.0% statewide, a 0.3% dropout rate versus 1.1% statewide, and chronic absenteeism of 15.6% versus 17.3% statewide — though above the district's 13.0%. Academic strengths cluster in science and social studies. Eighth-grade science is 68.57% proficient against 51.86% statewide, the largest positive gap in the data, while 8th-grade social studies is 71.43% versus 64.63% and 10th-grade social studies 55.56% versus 48.25%. Forward Exam ELA is above state in grades 6, 7, and 8, and math is above state in grades 6 and 8. ACT Math (52.50% vs. 42.93%) and ACT Science (52.50% vs. 43.20%) also beat state averages.
The main soft spots are 10th-grade ACT ELA at 35.00% proficient versus 48.47% statewide, and 7th-grade math at 47.37% versus 55.67%, down from 60.61% the prior year. With 309 students spread across grades 6–12, individual grade cohorts are small, so 10–20 point swings can reflect only a handful of students. Context figures: 26.86% free/reduced lunch, $14,884 per-student spending, and a 12.9 student-teacher ratio.
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