Schools · Tennyson

Tennyson, WI schools

Kids attend Potosi Elementary through grade 5, then Potosi Middle and Potosi High.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Tennyson’s School Grade: A-

The public schools Tennyson’s kids attend outperform 80% of Wisconsin’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

A-Test scores

Wisconsin school districts we grade (436)Better than 80%

Lower resultsHigher results

Wisconsin towns with similar household incomes (869)Better than 93%

Good confidence. Built on 154 tested students; 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. 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.
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 Tennyson kids go to school

Grades PK–5

A-Potosi Elementary 166 students · Potosi Potosi School District

Grades 6–8

B+Potosi Middle 66 students · Potosi Potosi School District

Grades 9–12

C+Potosi High 107 students · Potosi Potosi School District

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–12, Potosi)47%

State average 37.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

90% graduate on time

Graduation rate

90%

WI: 90.1%

Graduating class

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Tennyson

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Potosi School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 339 students

$18,180 per studentWI $16,459A-

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

Within reach

Colleges near Tennyson

There’s no college in Tennyson, but 8 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is University of Wisconsin-Platteville in Platteville, 10.6 miles away.

University of Wisconsin-PlattevilleUniversity or college · Public · Platteville10.6 mi5,671 students Clarke UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Dubuque12.5 mi950 students Emmaus Bible CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Dubuque12.6 mi178 students Loras CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Dubuque12.9 mi1,185 students University of DubuqueUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Dubuque13.4 mi1,736 students

Wartburg Theological SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Dubuque14.2 mi161 students

Southwest Wisconsin Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · Fennimore19.9 mi2,149 students

Divine Word CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Epworth21.3 mi61 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Tennyson. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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