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Schools in Chief Lake

Chief Lake’s public schools

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

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

Tests spring 2022, when 92% 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
37%
2021–22
Math proficiency
40%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.1K
▼ 9% vs WI $16.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.7
WI 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,592 students on the public path
In brief

Chief Lake’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Chief Lake’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s 1,899 public schools. Hayward Intermediate places highest (better than 67%); Hayward Middle lowest (50%). 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 Chief Lake, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–2Hayward Primaryin HaywardNo scores
3–5Hayward Intermediatein HaywardB+
6–8Hayward Middlein HaywardB−
9–12Hayward Highin HaywardB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Hayward Community 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.

Hayward Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 1,885 students, down 6% since 2020–21 · 11.7 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$15,052WI $16,459 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading37%
State average 38.1% · 895 students tested
Math40%
State average 38.7% · 893 students tested

Chief Lake vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Chief Lake—Hayward
Couderay—Winter
HaywardC+Hayward
Hunter—Hayward
Bass LakeC+Hayward

3 of the 4 neighbors share Hayward with Chief Lake, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Chief Lake

4 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 Chief Lakein other towns
Hayward Primary
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Hayward
403 students11:1Rate it →
Hayward Intermediate
Elementary · Grades 3–5 · Hayward
B+
327 students13:1Rate it →
Hayward Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Hayward
B−
340 students10:1Rate it →
Hayward High
High · Grades 9–12 · Hayward
B
522 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Chief Lake’s schools

Are Chief Lake’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Chief Lake. Hayward Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Chief Lake. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Chief Lake in?

Hayward Community School District.

Where do Chief Lake kids go to high school?

Hayward 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.