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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CASSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550240000265

Cassville High

715 E Amelia St, Cassville, WI 53806 · (608) 725-5116 · Grant County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL79 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Wisconsin public high schools
  • BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public high schools

Enrollment
79
High
DISTRICT 86 · STATE 475
Student : Teacher
6.8:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.6:1 · STATE 14.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
35 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 779%
Grade 81418%
Grade 91316%
Grade 101620%
Grade 111114%
Grade 121823%
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 54% · US 70%
White
7696%
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 65% · US 43%
Hispanic
11%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Two+
11%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
11%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 0% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
4051%
Female
3949%

School pathway

Feeds from
Cassville ElementaryPK–06
Based on grade levels within Cassville School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or Advanced
English Language Arts
40.0%
WI avg 53.1% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -13.8pp since 2023

What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.

Forward Exam results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2540.0%40.0%
2023-2442.3%53.8%
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Cassville High

Cassville High's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Cassville High this school7944.3%50.8%
Elcho High
Elcho
6841.2%43.8%
Clayton High
Clayton
8639.5%39.6%
Holcombe High
Holcombe
8639.5%33.4%
Monticello High
Monticello
10040.0%69.4%
Wausaukee High
Wausaukee
12348.0%45.7%
Matched among Wisconsin high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Cassville High ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WisconsinIn Grant County
Enrollment
ranked largest first
79#449 of 532#10 of 12
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
79
-16 (-17%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 180
Student : Teacher
6.8:1
was 7.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-257911.66.8:144% (35)
2023-248211.67.1:152% (43)
2022-238313.56.2:151% (42)
2020-2195137.3:158% (55)
2017-189912.97.7:140% (40)
2015-16110129.2:135% (38)
2010-111321310.2:146% (61)
2000-012041712.0:123% (46)
1990-911801512.0:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cassville High.

Since 2017-18: students down 20% (99 to 79); teachers down 10% (12.9 to 11.6).

About Cassville High

A small high school in Cassville, Wisconsin, Cassville High is part of Cassville School District. Students in grades 7 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 79 students. For comparison, high schools in Wisconsin average about 475 students.

Cassville High is part of Cassville School District, where 2 schools serve 171 students.

Cassville High enrolls a student body that is 96% White. The White share in Grant County as a whole is similar, at about 94%. By the diversity index, Cassville High comes in at 7%.

Cassville High employs 11.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 6.8:1. The average ratio among high schools in Wisconsin is 14.6:1, higher than at this school. Cassville High's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 44%.

Measured against Wisconsin public high schools, Cassville High receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

Cassville High's average proficiency rate on state tests of 50.8% is within a point of the 50.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.

Among Grant County residents, median household income is about $66,858, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Cassville High is one of 32 public schools in Grant County, which together enroll about 6,838 students.

Cassville Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within ten miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Cassville High is 7th of 7 on proficiency.

Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

The number of students dropped from 95 to 79 over 4 years.

Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.

Grant County at a glance

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Population
51,770
Census ACS
Median income
$66,858
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
6,838 students

Quick facts

School name
Cassville High
District
Cassville School District
Address
715 E Amelia St, Cassville, WI 53806
Phone
(608) 725-5116
County
Grant County
Level
High
Grade range
07–12
Total enrollment
79
Teachers (FTE)
12
Student–teacher ratio
6.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
35 (44%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
550240000265
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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One other US public school is named Cassville High. Cassville High is the 2nd largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Cassville High
How many students attend Cassville High?
Cassville High enrolls approximately 79 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Cassville High serve?
Cassville High serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cassville High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cassville High is approximately 6.8:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cassville High?
At Cassville High, the student body is approximately 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is Cassville High public or private?
Cassville High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cassville School District.
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