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March 9, 2026
LUXEMBURG – Nearly half of middle and intermediate students in the Luxemburg-Casco (L-C) School District are performing at the highest level in math, according to the latest state report cards.
Data from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction show 47.8% of L-C students tested at the “advanced” level in mathematics, compared with a statewide average of 19.9%.
District leaders credit the success to an acceleration model implemented more than a decade ago.
Mike Snowberry, L-C director of learning services, said the approach identifies gifted math students as early as first grade and moves them through the curriculum at a faster pace, allowing some to complete three years of middle school math in two years and potentially earn high school credit before ninth grade.
“What it does,” he said, “is it challenges students to get out of their comfort zone.”
Snowberry said the district’s overall math performance has steadily climbed.
On the Wisconsin Forward Exam, Luxemburg-Casco students, he said, improved from a score of 58.5 in 2015-16 to 79.9 in 2024-25 – a more than 20-point increase.
Snowberry said the district has also ranked in the top four for math achievement among 38 CESA 7 districts in each of the past five years.
According to district data, 83% of Luxemburg-Casco students made at least one year of academic growth in math.
Nikki Lenss – the gifted and talented coordinator for the Luxemburg-Casco School District – said the focus remains on consistent growth for all learners – from students needing extra support to those advancing beyond grade level – with an emphasis on deep conceptual understanding rather than rote memorization.
Lenss said learning is a lifelong, continuous process and the advanced proficiency of L-C students in math undoubtedly will serve them well long after they have graduated.
