Second Avenue School

Eau Claire · WI · Eau Claire Area School District · Public · K-12 combined


At a glance

Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
  • SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Second Avenue School compares for families

What families should know about Second Avenue School.

  • LocallyWI students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Anthony Acres School, Wildlands Charter School, McKinley Charter School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 1% by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
1
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
6.7
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: 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.

Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
0%
Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
0.0%
Strong attendance culture among teachers.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Your state's public flagship

University of Wisconsin-Madison

43%
admit rate
$11,603
in-state tuition/yr · $42,103 out-of-state
1360–1510
SAT 25–75 · ACT 28–32

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.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Anthony Acres School
Mondovi
Public · charter 11.9 30
Wildlands Charter School
Augusta
Public · charter 11.4 47
McKinley Charter School
Eau Claire
Public · charter 2.6 73 -52.3%
Northern Wisconsin Center
Chippewa Falls
Public 11.2 3
Gilmanton High
Gilmanton
Public 25.0 39
DOC: Jackson Correctional Institution
Black River Falls
Public 49.4
DOC: Chippewa Valley Correctional Treatm ent Facility
Chippewa Falls
Public 11.2 1
North Star Academy
Cameron
Public · charter 42.7 38

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