La Crosse School District Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. A- School Of Technology And Arts I (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
2. B Coulee Montessori Charter School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
3. B Emerson Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
4. B Lincoln Middle (Middle school, meets expectations)
5. B- Southern Bluffs Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
6. B- State Road Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
7. B- School Of Technology And Arts Ii (Middle school, doesn't meet expectations)
8. C+ Spence Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
9. C+ Longfellow Middle (Middle school, doesn't meet expectations)
10. C La Crosse Polytechnic School (High school, doesn't meet expectations)

High schools (2)

• C Central High, La Crosse
• D Logan High, La Crosse

Middle and junior high schools (3)

• B Lincoln Middle, La Crosse
• C- Logan Middle, La Crosse
• C+ Longfellow Middle, La Crosse

Elementary and primary schools (7)

• B Emerson Elementary, La Crosse
• D- Hamilton Elementary School, La Crosse
• C- Hintgen Elementary, La Crosse
• D- Northside Elementary, La Crosse
• B- Southern Bluffs Elementary, La Crosse
• C+ Spence Elementary, La Crosse
• B- State Road Elementary, La Crosse

Other schools and academies (8)

• B Coulee Montessori Charter School, La Crosse
• Coulee Region Virtual Academy, La Crosse
• La Crosse Offsite Preschool, La Crosse
• C La Crosse Polytechnic School, La Crosse
• C North Woods International School, La Crosse
• A- School Of Technology And Arts I, La Crosse
• B- School Of Technology And Arts Ii, La Crosse
• C Summit Environmental School, La Crosse

Cities and towns served (1)

• La Crosse (20)

• State: Best schools in Wisconsin
• County: La Crosse County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: small city (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 5,794 students with 549 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,045 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 5507530
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

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