Tainter Lake’s public schools beat 50% of Wisconsin districts
The public schools Tainter Lake’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 50% of Wisconsin’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
What Tainter Lake’s schools are like
Which school depends on your street
With six elementary and two middle schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. Elementary grades range from C 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 three towns on its borders, Tainter Lake ranks 2nd of 4. Colfax (B+) is graded higher, and Sherman (C+) is lower. 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 Tainter Lake 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 Tainter Lake (some depend on your address).
Parts of Tainter Lake are served by Boyceville Community School District.
Two districts serve Tainter Lake
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Tainter Lake vs. its neighbors
Tainter Lake’s schools rank 2nd of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Wisconsin districts.
Every school in Tainter Lake
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Tainter Lake families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Tainter Lake
There’s no college in Tainter Lake, but 3 are within 30 miles. The closest is University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie, 8.5 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Tainter Lake. 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.