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Schools in Birch Creek

Birch Creek’s public schools

Lake Holcombe School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Birch Creek. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools 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
27%
2021–22
Math proficiency
22%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$22.0K
▲ 34% vs WI $16.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.7
WI 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
244 students on the public path
In brief

Birch Creek’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Birch Creek’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s 1,899 public schools. Holcombe Elementary places highest (better than 28%); Holcombe High lowest (7%). 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 Birch Creek, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Holcombe Elementaryin HolcombeC
6–8Lake Holcombe Middlein HolcombeNo scores
9–12Holcombe Highin HolcombeD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Lake Holcombe 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.

Lake Holcombe School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 244 students, down 9% since 2022–23 · 10.7 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$22,044WI $16,459 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading27%
State average 38.1% · 138 students tested
Math22%
State average 38.7% · 138 students tested

Birch Creek vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Birch Creek—Lake Holcombe
Lake HolcombeDLake Holcombe
Sampson—New Auburn
Cleveland—Cornell PK–12 · Bloomer PK–12
Washington—Bruce PK–12 · Lake Holcombe PK–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Lake Holcombe with Birch Creek, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Birch Creek

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 Birch Creekin other towns
Holcombe Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Holcombe
C
106 students10:1Rate it →
Lake Holcombe Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Holcombe
52 students11:1Rate it →
Holcombe High
High · Grades 9–12 · Holcombe
D
86 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Birch Creek’s schools

Are Birch Creek’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Birch Creek. Lake Holcombe School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Birch Creek. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Birch Creek in?

Lake Holcombe School District.

Where do Birch Creek kids go to high school?

Holcombe 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.