Abbotsford Middle/senior High, Abbotsford WI

Original Research by School Decision on Abbotsford Middle/senior High

Abbotsford Middle/Senior High sits in the small rural city of Abbotsford, straddling the Clark and Marathon county line in central Wisconsin. The school serves grades six through twelve under one roof, a combined middle and high school that is the only secondary campus in the Abbotsford School District. The community describes itself as being in the heart of dairyland, with a farm heritage, a downtown along First Street, and a modest population that has shown slow growth over recent decades. One notable demographic shift is the growing Hispanic or Latino share of residents. The school’s student body reflects that change: a majority of students are Hispanic, with a substantial white population making up most of the remainder.

Academically, the state test results available cover the middle school grades only. In both math and English language arts, proficiency rates in grades six, seven, and eight sit at the lower end of the range. The share of students scoring proficient or above in math rises from grade six to grade eight, reaching about two in five by eighth grade. In ELA, the pattern is similar: fewer than one in five students in sixth grade are proficient, rising to roughly a third by eighth grade. Eighth-grade science and social studies results show modest proficiency rates as well. When compared with other districts in Clark County, this school’s overall performance across tested subjects places it in the bottom quarter. A large share of students come from low-income households, a factor that often correlates with achievement patterns. The data does not include state test results for the high school grades; Wisconsin administers a different assessment at the high school level, and no high school testing data was provided in this profile. A family looking at the high school program may want to ask the school directly about its academic outcomes in grades nine through twelve, as well as graduation rates, which were also not available in this snapshot.

The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. Information on specialized programs, course access, discipline, and staffing was not included in the data provided. The district brief turned up no recent referenda, curriculum changes, or property-tax shifts that would be relevant to parents. In terms of the local housing market, home values in the Abbotsford area are below the statewide median, and the area is rural with limited walkability. The city’s civic anchors include a public library, parks, an indoor pool, and an annual Christmas parade.

For a family considering Abbotsford Middle/Senior High, the picture is one of a small, combined campus serving a community in a rural setting. The middle school results indicate room for growth, and the absence of high school testing data and graduation rate means a parent will want to seek additional information about the upper grades directly from the school. The school’s demographics and economic context suggest it serves a student population with significant needs, and the district’s stability means there are no major recent upheavals to consider.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=90%Cohort of 53 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

528 schools plotted. 25 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 617%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 37 pts below state median

Grade 731%

School 31% · District 31% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 23 pts below state median

Grade 841%

School 41% · District 40% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 615%

School 15% · District 15%

▼ 38 pts below state median

Grade 722%

School 22% · District 23% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 31 pts below state median

Grade 835%

School 35% · District 35% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 17 pts below state median

Science

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 23%

▼ 28 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 843%

School 43% · District 42% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 21 pts below state median

This schoolAbbotsford School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income17%Higher-income0%17 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income14%Higher-income39%25 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income32%Higher-income39%7 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income17%Higher-income14%3 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income24%Higher-income47%24 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income26%Higher-income58%32 pp gap