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Schools in French Island · La Crosse School District

French Island’s public schools score below 77% of Wisconsin districts

The public schools French Island’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 77% of Wisconsin’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

31%beats similar-income towns
Math proficiency
29%
▼ 8 pts vs WI 37%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
▼ 0 pts vs WI 90%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$19.8K
▲ 20% vs WI $16.5K
FY2024
Schools
0
In brief

The short version on French Island’s schools

Which school depends on your street

With nine elementary, two middle and two high schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. Elementary grades range from D to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school, not just the town. See the path ↓

How it compares with its neighbors

Counting the two towns on its borders, French Island 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.

The School Grade

How French Island compares

C Test scoresC− Graduation
Wisconsin school districts we grade (436)Better than 23%
Lower resultsHigher results
Wisconsin towns with similar household incomes (830)Better than 31%
High confidence. Built on 2,840 tested students and a graduating class of 429; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
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 French Island.

9 schools teach K in French Island’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southern Bluffs Elementary, Spence Elementary, Emerson Elementary and Summit Environmental School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–59 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

The district

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Test scores · 2020–21

How students score

Math29%
State average 37.2%

French Island vs. its neighbors

French Island’s schools rank 1st of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Wisconsin districts.

Every school in French Island

0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.

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Within reach

Colleges near French Island

There’s no college in French Island, but 6 are within 30 miles. The closest is Western Technical College in La Crosse, 3.1 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of French Island. 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.

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