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Koshkonong Trails School

Koshkonong Trails School, nominated by Rural Schools Collaborative and an anonymous organization, is a middle/high school in Cambridge, Wisconsin, that describes itself as a public charter school serving learners from a primarily rural area.

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Location Cambridge, Wisconsin

Governance Public Charter School

Grades Middle, High

Students 28

Locale Rural

Lead Teacher Skylar L. Primm

Demographics

Percentage of students*

—

English Learners

40%

Free/Reduced Lunch

70%

Students with Disabilities

African American or Black —

American Indian/Alaska Native —

Asian —

Hawaiian or Pacific Islander —

Hispanic or Latino 7%

White 93%

2+ Races —

Why Koshkonong Trails School was nominated

Learning at Koshkonong Trails School is project-based and student-centered. Projects utilize the expansive farms, forest, and fields around the school, and engage students with their local environment via a variety of lessons. Students are given agency to direct their own learning, follow passions, and develop a love of learning. , Koshkonong Traisl envisions providing students with a high-quality, authentic learning environment where students are free to make choices about their learning, use those choices to impact their community and create a positive ripple in the world around them. Their mission is to create students who are lifelong learners and who have direction and passion for their future; to develop academic success for all students to meet the Wisconsin academic standards in the areas of language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, humanities, and agriculture; to offer high quality, rigorous, authentic learning opportunities for students interested in and motivated by project-based, hands-on learning; and, to provide a place-based, experiential education built around conservation, stewardship, and agriculture.

Student experience design

We envision providing students with a high-quality, authentic learning environment where they are free to make choices about their learning, use those choices to impact their community, and create a positive ripple in the world around them.

Core Practices

Core Practices Length of Use

Student Advisories
5+ years

Individual Learning Paths
5+ years

1:1 Mentoring
5+ years

Project-based Learning
5+ years

Students Develop Projects
5+ years

All Practices

Adaptive Learning Software

AI For Learning Materials

AI For Teacher Productivity

Assessments For Agency And Self-directed Learning

Assessments For Deeper Learning

Assessments For Social-emotional Skills

Blended Learning

Co-leadership

College Advising & Support

Community And Workforce Partnerships

Competency/mastery-based Education

Flexible Staffing & Alternative Teaching Roles

Grading Policies Focus On Mastery

All Courses Designed For Inclusion

Interoperable Data From Multiple Technologies

Individual Learner Profiles

Mental Health Services

Multi-age Classrooms

No Tracked Classes

Peer To Peer Support

Performance Based Assessment

Restorative Practices

SEL Curriculum

SEL Integration School-wide

Service Learning

Student-led Conferences

Students Access Their Own Data

Student-led Goal Setting

Self-paced Learning

Trauma-informed Practices

Universal Design For Learning

Career Prep

key reasons for innovating

Increase student agency

Increase teacher agency

Some other reason

Date Updated: 4/1/2026

*Canopy profile data is self-reported or sourced from NCES data, then verified by school leaders.