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Schools in Sarona

Sarona’s public schools

Shell Lake School District and Spooner Area School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sarona. 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 97% 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
38%
2021–22
Math proficiency
39%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.1K
▼ 2% vs WI $16.5K
FY2024 · Spooner Area
Students per teacher
12.3
WI 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,070 students on the public path
In brief

Sarona’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Sarona’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s 1,899 public schools. Spooner Elementary places highest (better than 52%); Shell Lake Junior/Senior High lowest (28%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Sarona, graded from B− to B−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Shell Lake Junior/Senior High and Spooner Middle. 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 Sarona, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–42 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB−
5–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC to C+

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

Two districts serve Sarona

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

Shell Lake School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 584 students · 11.2 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$15,985WI $16,459 · FY2024
B−
Spooner Area School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,000 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 13.1 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$16,122WI $16,459 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Shell Lake School District38%
State average 38.1% · 325 students tested
Math · PK–12, Shell Lake School District39%
State average 38.7% · 325 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Spooner Area School District38%
State average 38.1% · 495 students tested
Math · PK–12, Spooner Area School District33%
State average 38.7% · 495 students tested

Sarona vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Sarona—Shell Lake PK–12 · Spooner Area PK–12
Beaver Brook—Spooner Area PK–12 · Shell Lake PK–12
Barronett—Shell Lake
Bear Lake—Rice Lake Area
Long Lake—Rice Lake Area

2 of the 4 neighbors share Shell Lake with Sarona for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Sarona

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 Saronain other towns
Spooner Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Spooner
B−
363 students13:1Rate it →
Shell Lake Primary (K-2)
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Shell Lake
131 students9:1Rate it →
Spooner Middle
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Spooner
C+
276 students11:1Rate it →
Shell Lake Junior/Senior High
High · Grades 7–12 · Shell Lake
C
300 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Sarona’s schools

Are Sarona’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Sarona. Shell Lake School District and Spooner Area School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sarona. 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 Sarona in?

Shell Lake School District and Spooner Area School District.

Where do Sarona kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Shell Lake Junior/Senior High and Spooner Middle.

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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.