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Schools in New Diggings

New Diggings’s public schools

Benton School District, Cuba City School District and Shullsburg School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Diggings. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?6/9schools 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
47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
42%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.7K
▲ 2% vs WI $16.5K
FY2024 · Cuba City
Students per teacher
10.8
WI 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,227 students on the public path
In brief

New Diggings’s schools, in brief

School by school

6 of New Diggings’s 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s 1,899 public schools. Benton Elementary places highest (better than 92%); Benton High lowest (22%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve New Diggings, graded from B to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then three middle schools and three high schools: Cuba City High, Shullsburg High and Benton High. 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 New Diggings, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB to A
6–83 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC to B+
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your addressC− to B

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

Three districts serve New Diggings

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

Benton School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 223 students, up 9% since 2020–21 · 9.5 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$21,940WI $16,459 · FY2024
B+
Cuba City School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 679 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 11.9 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$16,729WI $16,459 · FY2024
A−
Shullsburg School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 325 students · 9.8 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$17,785WI $16,459 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Benton School District47%
State average 38.1% · 104 students tested
Math · PK–12, Benton School District42%
State average 38.7% · 104 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Cuba City School District43%
State average 38.1% · 339 students tested
Math · PK–12, Cuba City School District49%
State average 38.7% · 339 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Shullsburg School District32%
State average 38.1% · 162 students tested
Math · PK–12, Shullsburg School District32%
State average 38.7% · 162 students tested

New Diggings vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
New Diggings—Benton PK–12 · Cuba City PK–12 · Shullsburg PK–12
Benton—Benton PK–12 · Cuba City PK–12
Shullsburg—Shullsburg
White Oak Springs—Shullsburg
Elk Grove—Belmont PK–12 · Cuba City PK–12
Seymour—Darlington PK–12 · Shullsburg PK–12 · Belmont PK–12

3 of the 5 neighbors share Shullsburg with New Diggings for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades. Council Hill, IL borders New Diggings but is graded on its own state’s tests, so it’s left out.

Every school in New Diggings

9 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 New Diggingsin other towns
Cuba City Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cuba City
A
288 students11:1Rate it →
Shullsburg Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Shullsburg
B
143 students9:1Rate it →
Benton Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Benton
A
131 students10:1Rate it →
Cuba City Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Cuba City
B+
129 students12:1Rate it →
Shullsburg Junior High
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Shullsburg
C
73 students11:1Rate it →
Benton Middle
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Benton
B
31 students12:1Rate it →
Cuba City High
High · Grades 9–12 · Cuba City
C+
262 students12:1Rate it →
Shullsburg High
High · Grades 9–12 · Shullsburg
B
109 students10:1Rate it →
Benton High
High · Grades 9–12 · Benton
C−
61 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about New Diggings’s schools

Are New Diggings’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for New Diggings. Benton School District, Cuba City School District and Shullsburg School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Diggings. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 6 of its 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is New Diggings in?

Benton School District, Cuba City School District and Shullsburg School District.

Where do New Diggings kids go to high school?

One of three high schools, depending on your address: Cuba City High, Shullsburg High and Benton 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.