Chain O' Lakes’s public schools beat 72% of Wisconsin districts
The public schools Chain O' Lakes’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 72% of Wisconsin’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
Chain O' Lakes’s schools, in brief
Chain O' Lakes shares its schools with neighboring towns
Every school on Chain O' Lakes’s path is shared: Waupaca Learning Center Elementary, Waupaca Middle and Waupaca High. Waupaca and Farmington send their kids to all the same schools. The middle school earns the best grade on the path (B+); the elementary school earns the lowest (B−). See the path ↓
How it compares with its neighbors
Counting the two towns on its borders, Chain O' Lakes ranks 1st of 3. Compare ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Chain O' Lakes compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Wisconsin’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Wisconsin only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Chain O' Lakes.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Chain O' Lakes vs. its neighbors
Chain O' Lakes’s schools rank 1st of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Wisconsin districts.
Every school in Chain O' Lakes
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Chain O' Lakes families are saying about school.
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Colleges near Chain O' Lakes
There’s no college in Chain O' Lakes, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in Stevens Point, 24.2 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Chain O' Lakes. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Wisconsin. Stars are from neighbors.