Although Wisconsin has a sizable rural student population, with nearly 40% of its schools located in rural areas, serving more than one-fourth of the state’s students, the state ranks only 46th in the country in need of rural education attention and improvement. Rural schools and communities in Wisconsin are relatively affluent and contend with substantially fewer challenges in comparison with most other states. Graduation rates are high and scores on the National Assessment on Educational Progress compare favorably with other states, but are not as high as might be expected given the policy context and low level of challenges faced.