Northern Wisconsin Center
Chippewa Falls · WI · Wisconsin Department of Health Services · Public · K-12 combined
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Lighthouse Academy → Riverview School → Fairview South → DOC: Drug Abuse Correctional Center → Kenosha Pike School → Anthony Acres School → Brown County Institute of Learning → Nekoosa Academy →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Northern Wisconsin Center compares for families
What families should know about Northern Wisconsin Center.
- ▸ LocallyWI students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Lighthouse Academy, Riverview School, Fairview South and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Wisconsin-Madison
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $17,354/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -17.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 3 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lighthouse Academy Sheboygan |
Public | 197.7 | 2 | — |
| Riverview School Waukesha |
Public | 203.7 | 5 | — |
| Fairview South Brookfield |
Public | 204.8 | 7 | — |
| DOC: Drug Abuse Correctional Center Winnebago |
Public | 151.8 | — | — |
| Kenosha Pike School Kenosha |
Public | 238.1 | — | — |
| Anthony Acres School Mondovi |
Public · charter | 22.9 | 30 | — |
| Brown County Institute of Learning Green Bay |
Public | 170.4 | 15 | — |
| Nekoosa Academy Nekoosa |
Public | 83.0 | 23 | — |