Greenwood High, Greenwood WI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Greenwood High

Greenwood High is a single-building regular public school serving grades seven through twelve in the small city of Greenwood, Wisconsin. It is part of the Greenwood School District, which is the only district in town, and the school itself functions as the district’s sole secondary institution. Because it covers middle and high school grades under one roof, the student experience here is shaped by a small, contained environment where all students in those grade bands attend the same campus.

The school’s enrollment is small, and the student body is predominantly white. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The community surrounding the school is a very small, historically agricultural city situated on the Black River. The local economy is anchored by health care, manufacturing, and construction. Greenwood is essentially stagnant in population, with a mild decline in recent years, and the housing stock is notably affordable relative to state and national benchmarks. Home values have risen in the near term but remain well below the Wisconsin median, and the cost of living is below the national average. The town functions as a quiet residential community with a compact old downtown and heavy car dependence.

When you look at state assessment results, Greenwood High posts a mixed picture that merits some attention from a prospective family. In mathematics, performance across grades seven and eight is strong, with a high share of students scoring at proficient or above. That places the school well above what is typical in the county. Results are far more uneven in English language arts. Seventh grade proficiency is solid, while eighth grade falls to a level that is more moderate. In science and social studies, only eighth graders are tested. Social studies results are fairly strong, while science results sit at a moderate level that is lower than the math scores. A parent will want to ask how the school addresses the drop-off in reading and science performance between grades. The overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places Greenwood High in the top quartile relative to other districts in Clark County, so by county standards the school is on stronger footing, but the internal gaps between subjects and between grade levels are real.

No four-year graduation rate was available for Greenwood High from the data provided, so a parent should consider following up directly with the school or district for that figure. Also not available were data on chronic absenteeism, special education identification rates, English learner populations, staffing ratios, and discipline. Those are common gaps for small schools where the total student counts may be too low for the state to publish breakdowns, but they are still relevant for a family making a transfer or enrollment decision. The neighborhood comparison is based on Clark County districts, which is a small, rural peer group.

Greenwood High offers no charter or magnet programs and carries a standard regular school classification. No specific course catalog, AP, dual-credit, or career and technical education offerings appeared in the data. A family interested in advanced coursework or specialized pathways should check with the school to see what is available at the high school level beyond the core curriculum.

For a family considering the area, the trade-offs are clear. Greenwood is affordable, quiet, and rural, with a school that performs well in math by county standards and benefits from small class sizes. The soft spots are in middle school English and science achievement, and the lack of publicly reported graduation and attendance data leaves a gap in understanding how effectively the school moves students from seventh grade through to a diploma. This is a school that fits a family seeking a small-town setting, affordable housing, and a math-strong academic start for middle grades, but one that will want to follow up directly on areas where the published record is incomplete.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=80%Cohort of 29 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 788%

School 88% · District 88%

▲ 34 pts above state median

Grade 886%

School 86% · District 78% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 764%

School 64% · District 64%

▲ 12 pts above state median

Grade 852%

School 52% · District 52%

even with state median

Science

Grade 852%

School 52% · District 52%

▲ 1 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 876%

School 76% · District 74% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median

This schoolGreenwood 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 7Lower-income64%Higher-income64%1 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income71%Higher-income43%28 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income91%Higher-income86%5 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income100%Higher-income79%21 pp gap