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Schools in Wells

Wells’s public schools

Sparta Area School District and Cashton School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Wells. 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
30%
2021–22
Math proficiency
25%
2021–22
Graduate on time
97%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.8K
▼ 10% vs WI $16.5K
FY2024 · Sparta Area
Students per teacher
12.2
WI 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,560 students on the public path
In brief

Wells’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Wells’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s 1,899 public schools. Cashton Elementary places highest (better than 69%); Sparta Meadowview Middle lowest (28%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Wells, graded from B+ to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Sparta Meadowview Middle and Cashton Middle/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 Wells, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB+
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC to B−

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

Two districts serve Wells

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

Sparta Area School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 7 schools · 2,749 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 12.6 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$14,811WI $16,459 · FY2024
C
Cashton School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 605 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 10.6 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$15,866WI $16,459 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Sparta Area School District30%
State average 38.1% · 1446 students tested
Math · PK–12, Sparta Area School District25%
State average 38.7% · 1453 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Cashton School District36%
State average 38.1% · 306 students tested
Math · PK–12, Cashton School District36%
State average 38.7% · 306 students tested

Wells vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Wells—Sparta Area PK–12 · Cashton PK–12
Ridgeville—Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton
LeonCSparta Area
AngeloCSparta Area
Jefferson—Cashton

2 of the 4 neighbors share Sparta Area with Wells for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Wells

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 Wellsin other towns
Cashton Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cashton
B+
292 students11:1Rate it →
Southside Early Learning Center
Elementary · Grades PK–K · Sparta
268 students13:1Rate it →
Sparta Meadowview Middle
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Sparta
C
687 students11:1Rate it →
Cashton Middle/High
High · Grades 6–12 · Cashton
B−
313 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Wells’s schools

Are Wells’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Wells. Sparta Area School District and Cashton School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Wells. 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 Wells in?

Sparta Area School District and Cashton School District.

Where do Wells kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Sparta Meadowview Middle and Cashton Middle/High.

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What Wells families are saying about 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.