Schools · Marathon
Marathon, WI schools
Kids attend Marathon Elementary.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Marathon’s School Grade: B
The public schools Marathon’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 57% of Wisconsin’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B+Test scoresC-Graduation
Wisconsin school districts we grade (436)Better than 57%
Lower resultsHigher results
Wisconsin towns with similar household incomes (1,265)Better than 59%
Good confidence. Built on 352 tested students and a graduating class of 62; 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, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Wisconsin only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Wisconsin with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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.
School path
Where Marathon kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–5, Marathon City)44%
State average 37.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
92% graduate on time
Graduation rate
92%
WI: 90.1%
Graduating class
62
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
The district serving Marathon
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 4 schools in Marathon
Showing 1–4 of 4 schools
Marathon ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 323 students
A-PublicSt. Mary's SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 187 students
PrivateMarathon Venture AcademyMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 173 students
B+CharterMarathon HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 274 students
B+PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.