Potosi Elementary, Potosi WI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Potosi Elementary

Potosi Elementary is a regular public school in the small rural village of Potosi, Wisconsin, serving students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The village itself is a compact community with a historic Main Street corridor, best known for the restored Potosi Brewery and the National Brewery Museum. The Potosi School District covers the village and the surrounding Tennyson area, and the elementary school sits within the village. The area is stable and rural, with a slowly declining population and no major new development projects publicly reported in recent years.

The school’s enrollment is small, and its student body is overwhelmingly white, with a much smaller share of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. A portion of the student population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the source material, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those programs and supports.

State testing results are available for the 2024-25 school year, and the school administered the Wisconsin Forward exam. Overall, Potosi Elementary’s proficiency across tested subjects and grades sits above the midpoint among districts in Grant County. The school performed particularly well in math. Third graders showed a strong proficiency rate, and fourth and fifth graders also posted solid results in that subject. In English language arts, the third grade class had a high proficiency rate, while the fourth and fifth grade classes saw more moderate results, with the fifth grade rate notably lower. Science and social studies are tested only in fourth grade. The fourth grade science proficiency rate was moderate, and the social studies result was somewhat stronger. These results are based on small testing groups, so a single cohort’s performance can shift meaningfully from year to year.

Because Potosi Elementary only serves elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report. The school does not offer high school programs such as Advanced Placement or dual credit courses, and career pathway offerings are not present at this grade band.

The village of Potosi has very limited street life and pedestrian infrastructure outside of the Main Street brewery area. The school is not on a separated campus and is part of the village fabric. The Potosi Brewery is the most prominent local employer and cultural anchor, along with the National Brewery Museum. The village government and the school district itself provide some local employment, and agriculture plays a role in the surrounding area.

For a family considering Potosi Elementary, the school offers a small, rural setting with above-average math performance in the early grades and ELA results that vary by grade level. The school’s size means students get a close-knit environment, but parents should note that curricular breadth and specialized programs are naturally limited at the elementary level. The lack of publicly available data on special education and English learner populations is something to explore directly with the school. The housing market in the area is more affordable than the state or national benchmarks, though the village itself is small with few for-rent properties. This is a school that fits a family looking for a small-town elementary experience in a stable, rural community with a distinctive local history.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 379%

School 79% · District 79%

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 473%

School 73% · District 73%

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 578%

School 78% · District 78%

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 383%

School 83% · District 83%

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 468%

School 68% · District 68%

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 50%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Science

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 50%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 464%

School 64% · District 64%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

This schoolPotosi 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 3Lower-income71%Higher-income88%17 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income33%Higher-income58%25 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income57%Higher-income88%31 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income83%Higher-income75%8 pp gap