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Schools in Barnes

Barnes’s public schools

Drummond Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Barnes. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Wisconsin’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Wisconsin’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
47%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.1K
▲ 16% vs WI $16.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.9
WI 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
301 students on the public path
In brief

Barnes’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Barnes’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s 1,899 public schools. Drummond Elementary places highest (better than 78%); Drummond High lowest (22%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Barnes, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Drummond Elementaryin DrummondA−
7–8Drummond Junior Highin DrummondC
9–12Drummond Highin DrummondC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Drummond Area School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Drummond Area School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 301 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 9.9 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$19,138WI $16,459 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 38.1% · 168 students tested
Math47%
State average 38.7% · 168 students tested

Barnes vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Wisconsin towns that share Barnes’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Barnes—Drummond Area
Highland—Maple
Drummond—Drummond Area
Delta—Drummond Area
Hughes—Maple
Cable—Drummond Area
Gordon—Northwood
LenrootC+Hayward
Wascott—Northwood

3 of the 8 neighbors share Drummond Area with Barnes, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Barnes

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Wisconsin’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Barnesin other towns
Drummond Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Drummond
A−
156 students10:1Rate it →
Drummond Junior High
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Drummond
C
53 students9:1Rate it →
Drummond High
High · Grades 9–12 · Drummond
C−
92 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Barnes’s schools

Are Barnes’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Barnes. Drummond Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Barnes. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Barnes in?

Drummond Area School District.

Where do Barnes kids go to high school?

Drummond High.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.