Summary:
ZIP code 54801 in Spooner, Wisconsin is served by a single public high school: Spooner High, which serves grades 9–12 with 361 students and belongs to the Spooner Area School District. Because there is only one high school here, families cannot compare local high schools against one another; instead, the most useful context is how Spooner High measures up to its district, the state, and its own prior years.
The clearest strength is graduation. Spooner High posted a 95.1% graduation rate in 2024–2025, matching the district and coming in 3.1 percentage points above the state rate of 92.0%. Social Studies proficiency is also a bright spot, above the state in both reported years: 54.29% versus 48.25% in 2025–2026 and 51.81% versus 47.67% in 2024–2025. The school's overall standing has been climbing, with its percentile rank moving from 43rd to 46th to 51st and its star rating rising from 2 to 2 to 3 stars. For additional context, Spooner High reports 41.27% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch, $14,481 in spending per student, and a 14.3:1 student-teacher ratio.
The main concern is chronic absenteeism, which at 22.9% in 2024–2025 sits well above both the district (16.0%) and the state (17.3%). The dropout rate of 1.7% is also above the district (1.4%) and state (1.1%), though it remains low in absolute terms. Test results are mixed: in 2025–2026, ACT English Language Arts came in at 41.77% versus the state's 48.47%, and ACT Mathematics at 40.51% versus 42.93%, while Science at 43.04% was essentially even with the state's 43.20%. Averaged across the four subjects, results slipped from slightly above the state in 2024–2025 to slightly below in 2025–2026.
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