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Schools in Garden Valley

Garden Valley’s public schools

Alma Center School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Garden Valley. 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
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
39%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.7K
▲ 2% vs WI $16.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.2
WI 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
589 students on the public path
In brief

Garden Valley’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Garden Valley’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s 1,899 public schools. Lincoln Elementary places highest (better than 40%); Lincoln Jr/Sr High School lowest (28%). 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 Garden Valley, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Lincoln Elementaryin MerrillanC+
7–12Lincoln Jr/Sr High Schoolin Alma CenterC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Alma Center 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.

Alma Center School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 589 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 12.2 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$16,714WI $16,459 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 38.1% · 280 students tested
Math39%
State average 38.7% · 280 students tested

Garden Valley vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Garden Valley—Alma Center
AlmaC−Alma Center PK–12 · Black River Falls PK–12
Northfield—Whitehall
Hixton—Black River Falls PK–12 · Alma Center PK–12
Cleveland—Osseo-Fairchild
Mentor—Alma Center
Alma Center—Alma Center

4 of the 6 neighbors share Alma Center with Garden Valley, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Garden Valley

2 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 Garden Valleyin other towns
Lincoln Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Merrillan
C+
339 students13:1Rate it →
Lincoln Jr/Sr High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Alma Center
C
250 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Garden Valley’s schools

Are Garden Valley’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Garden Valley. Alma Center School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Garden Valley. 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 Garden Valley in?

Alma Center School District.

Where do Garden Valley kids go to high school?

Lincoln Jr/Sr High School.

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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.