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Schools in South Lancaster

South Lancaster’s public schools

Lancaster Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for South Lancaster. 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 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
38%
2021–22
Math proficiency
47%
2021–22
Graduate on time
2%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.6K
▼ 5% vs WI $16.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.7
WI 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
991 students on the public path
In brief

South Lancaster’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of South Lancaster’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s 1,899 public schools. Winskill Elementary places highest (better than 86%); Lancaster High lowest (40%). 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 South Lancaster, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Winskill Elementaryin LancasterA
6–8Lancaster Middlein LancasterB−
9–12Lancaster Highin LancasterC+

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

Lancaster Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 991 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 12.7 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$15,642WI $16,459 · FY2024
D−
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading38%
State average 38.1% · 479 students tested
Math47%
State average 38.7% · 479 students tested

South Lancaster vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
South Lancaster—Lancaster
LancasterD−Lancaster
Ellenboro—Platteville PK–12 · Lancaster PK–12
Beetown—Lancaster PK–12 · River Ridge PK–12
Potosi—Potosi
North Lancaster—Lancaster PK–12 · Fennimore PK–12

4 of the 5 neighbors share Lancaster with South Lancaster, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in South Lancaster

3 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 South Lancasterin other towns
Winskill Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lancaster
A
435 students12:1Rate it →
Lancaster Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lancaster
B−
231 students16:1Rate it →
Lancaster High
High · Grades 9–12 · Lancaster
C+
325 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about South Lancaster’s schools

Are South Lancaster’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for South Lancaster. Lancaster Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for South Lancaster. 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 South Lancaster in?

Lancaster Community School District.

Where do South Lancaster kids go to high school?

Lancaster 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.