Summary:
ZIP code 54732 is served by a single public high school, Cornell High, located in Cornell, Wisconsin, and part of the Cornell School District. The school serves grades 9–12 with about 100 students, and because it is the only high school in the area, all comparisons here are to district and state figures rather than to other local schools.
Cornell High's strongest results are in completion and attendance. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 100%, well above the state's 92%, and its dropout rate was 0% versus 1.1% statewide. Chronic absenteeism was 6.5%, less than half the state's 17.3%, though higher than the district's 2.3%. The free/reduced lunch rate was just 3%, indicating relatively low economic disadvantage. Academically, the school is improving: English language arts rose from 45% proficient in 2024–2025 to 54.55% in 2025–2026, and social studies rose from 42.86% to 50%. Both subjects moved from below the state average to above it. The school's rating also improved to 3 stars in 2025–2026 from 2 stars in the two prior years, moving from the 33rd–34th percentile to the 54th percentile.
Mathematics is the clear weak spot. In 2025–2026, math proficiency was 31.82%, which is 11.11 points below the state's 42.93% and well below the school's own ELA, social studies, and science results. Science came in at 45.45%, slightly above the state's 43.2%. Parents should keep cohort size in mind: with roughly 25 students per grade, one student can shift a rate by about 4.5 percentage points, so year-to-year swings can look larger than they are. Per-student spending was $15,044 with a 17:1 student-teacher ratio, offering useful context on staffing and resources.
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