Summary:
ZIP code 54812 in Barron, Wisconsin, is served by a single public high school: Barron High, part of the Barron Area School District. The school enrolls 310 students in grades 9–12 at 1050 E Woodland Ave and is the only local high school option, so there are no nearby peer schools to compare against — the meaningful benchmarks are the district and the state of Wisconsin.
Barron High's completion outcomes are strong. Its graduation rate is 98.5%, above the district's 97.4% and the state's 92.0%, and its dropout rate is just 0.3%, well below Wisconsin's 1.1%. Chronic absenteeism is 15.6%, better than the state's 17.3% but higher than the district's 10.9%. Test proficiency tells a different story. In 2025–2026, 10th-grade proficiency was 23.61% in Math, 33.33% in Science, 38.89% in English Language Arts, and 26.47% in Social Studies — every subject below the state average. Math is the most persistent weakness, at about 19 percentage points below the state in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. Social Studies swung from 54.05% (above state) to 26.47%, and ELA rose from 19.72% to 38.89%, showing notable year-to-year variation.
Ranking is low but improving: Barron High placed 424 of 533 Wisconsin high schools in 2025–2026 (20th percentile, 1 star), up from the 13th–14th percentile in the prior two years; the district ranks 392 of 432 (0 stars). The school spends $19,795 per student with a 12.8:1 student-teacher ratio, and 46.45% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
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