Weston Elementary, Cazenovia WI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Weston Elementary

Weston Elementary serves students from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade in the village of Cazenovia, a very small, rural community at the intersection of farmland and low hills in southwestern Wisconsin’s Driftless Region. Lee Lake, formed by a hydroelectric dam, sits at the village’s edge, and Wisconsin State Highway 58 runs through town. The village is so small that the school is embedded directly in its fabric alongside a few homes and civic functions; there is no separate downtown or commercial corridor. Reedsburg and Richland Center, each a drive away, are the nearest places with a wider range of services and employers. Residents rely on personal vehicles for most needs.

The school is part of the Weston School District. That district faced a significant financial turn: voters approved an operating referendum in 2021 that provided recurring extra funding to sustain operations and programming, but a similar referendum failed in 2025, and as of spring of that year the district had not yet determined what cuts would be made. That creates an open question about the district’s stability for families considering enrollment.

Weston Elementary is a conventional public school, not a charter or magnet. Enrollment is small, with students spread fairly evenly across each grade from kindergarten through sixth, plus a pre-kindergarten class. The student body is overwhelmingly white. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a common indicator of moderate to lower household income. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not available.

On the Wisconsin Forward state assessments, results varied notably by grade and subject. In third-grade math, a large majority of students scored proficient or advanced, a strong showing. Fifth and sixth grade math also had solid results, with about half of students reaching that mark. Fourth grade math was a softer point, with roughly one-third of students proficient. In English language arts, third and fifth graders both had about half of students at the proficient-or-above level. Sixth grade ELA was below that, with roughly one-third reaching the mark. Fourth grade ELA was the lowest subject-grade combination, and this is an area a parent may want to look into further with the school. In science and social studies, tested only in fourth grade, results were mixed: a small share of students met the proficient bar in science, while a larger share did so in social studies. Participation rates on every test were full, so the results reflect nearly all students in those grades. Overall, when the school’s proficiency across tested subjects and grades is compared to other districts in Sauk County, it falls in the bottom quartile of the six-district set.

Because Weston Elementary is an elementary and middle school serving only through sixth grade, no graduation rate data applies here. There is no chronic absenteeism data available in the record. The school’s Title I status was not reported, and no information on discipline, course access, or staffing was present in the materials provided. No program offerings, such as music, art, or extracurriculars, were listed.

For a parent, the picture is of a small rural school with a tight-knit feel where a child will know their classmates. Academic performance is uneven, with standout moments in third grade math and fifth grade reading, but also clear soft spots in fourth grade reading and science. The district’s recent failed referendum raises a practical concern about what programming and resources will look like in the years ahead. A family drawn to a quiet village setting and a school small enough to know every student would find that here; a family seeking a wide array of academic pathways or more consistent high-proficiency results across all grades may want to weigh those preferences against what the data shows.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 372%

School 72% · District 72%

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 433%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 42%

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

Grade 646%

School 46% · District 46%

▼ 8 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 50%

▼ 3 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 413%

School 13% · District 13%

▼ 39 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 53%

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

Grade 636%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 17 pts below state median

Science

Grade 420%

School 20% · District 20%

▼ 31 pts below state median · ▼ 31 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 440%

School 40% · District 40%

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

This schoolWeston 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-income56%Higher-income44%11 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income22%Higher-income0%22 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income33%Higher-income86%52 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income56%Higher-income89%33 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income22%Higher-income50%28 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income33%Higher-income57%24 pp gap