Summary:
ZIP code 54747 contains exactly one high school: Independence High, which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 142 students as part of the Independence School District in Wisconsin. Because it is the only high school in the area, every conclusion about local high school performance describes this school, and the useful comparisons are to its own district, the state, and its prior years. Context matters here: half of the student population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, per-student spending is $18,332, and the student-teacher ratio is 13.8, though the data set provides no state or peer benchmarks for spending and staffing.
Outcomes for 2024–2025 are a bright spot. The graduation rate is 91.8%, essentially level with the state's 92.0%, and the dropout rate of 0.7% is lower than the state's 1.1% and the district's 0.4%. Chronic absenteeism, however, is the clearest concern: at 23.2%, it sits well above the district's 16.8% and the state's 17.3%. Attendance problems can hold back achievement even when graduation and dropout figures look average.
Academically, every reported 2025–2026 10th-grade proficiency score is below the state average — Social Studies 33.33% versus 48.25%, English Language Arts 38.89% versus 48.47%, Mathematics 30.56% versus 42.93%, and Science 36.11% versus 43.20%. There are encouraging signs of progress: ELA rose from 30.00% to 38.89% and Science from 26.67% to 36.11% year over year, while Social Studies slipped slightly. The district ranks 375th of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 13th percentile with 1 star, and the school's rank-history percentile improved from 11 to 29 but remains at 1 star. With only 142 students, small cohort sizes mean one or two students can shift proficiency rates by several points.
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