WISE Academy
Nekoosa · WI · Nekoosa School District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Nekoosa High → Nekoosa Academy → John Edwards High → Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran School → Assumption Catholic Schools → Lincoln High → River Cities High → Pittsville High →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 29% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 8% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How WISE Academy compares for families
What families should know about WISE Academy.
- ▸ LocallyWI students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Nekoosa High, Nekoosa Academy, John Edwards High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 8% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +6.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 218 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $18,553 per student in district revenue, the 79 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,465,687/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nekoosa High Nekoosa |
Public | 0.4 | 285 | -7.5% |
| Nekoosa Academy Nekoosa |
Public | 0.4 | 23 | — |
| John Edwards High Port Edwards |
Public | 3.8 | 144 | +13.4% |
| Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran School Wisconsin Rapids |
Private | 5.4 | 128 | — |
| Assumption Catholic Schools Wisconsin Rapids |
Private | 6.9 | 392 | +308.3% |
| Lincoln High Wisconsin Rapids |
Public | 7.2 | 1,337 | -3.8% |
| River Cities High Wisconsin Rapids |
Public | 8.6 | 77 | -19.8% |
| Pittsville High Pittsville |
Public | 14.0 | 175 | +2.3% |