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Schools in Shields

Shields’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools 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
28%
2021–22
Math proficiency
28%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.4K
▲ 18% vs WI $16.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.3
WI 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
516 students on the public path
In brief

Shields’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Shields’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s 1,899 public schools. Forest Lane Community School places highest (better than 74%); Montello Junior/Senior High lowest (14%). 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 Shields, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Forest Lane Community Schoolin MontelloB+
7–12Montello Junior/Senior Highin MontelloD

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

Montello School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 571 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 9.3 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$19,396WI $16,459 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading28%
State average 38.1% · 309 students tested
Math28%
State average 38.7% · 309 students tested

Shields vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Shields—Montello
MontelloDMontello
Mecan—Montello PK–12 · Princeton PK–12
Harris—Westfield
Crystal Lake—Westfield
PackwaukeeDMontello

3 of the 5 neighbors share Montello with Shields, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Shields

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 Shieldsin other towns
Forest Lane Community School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Montello
B+
284 students10:1Rate it →
Montello Junior/Senior High
High · Grades 7–12 · Montello
D
232 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Shields’s schools

Are Shields’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Shields. Montello School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Shields. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Shields in?

Montello School District.

Where do Shields kids go to high school?

Montello Junior/Senior 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.