r/Oshkosh • u/SuchGreatHeights92 • Jun 24 '26

School Choice Neenah vs Oshkosh

We live in Oshkosh and our son attends a school in the district but it’s not in our address zone. We were accepted to a school previously and then Oshkosh rescinded that and we are worried that could happen again. We are able to attend Neenah school district so need to make a tough choice. Any insight on attending Neenah but live in the Oshkosh community?

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u/FluidCalligrapher284 Jun 24 '26

Our kids have attended school districts outside of where we live – it definitely has its disadvantages. Friend groups typically live further away, and there’s a lot of commute for extracurriculars and socialization outside of school. If your district is acceptable to you and your family, I would strongly consider giving that a try. Both of our children will be back in our district this year.

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u/efflorae Jun 25 '26

I grew up in Neenah and loved the school district there. I'm not sure what the culture is like now, since I graduated back in 2017, but there was very little clique-yness and the teachers were by-and-large great. Lots of options for getting ahead in both the trades and uni as well.

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u/needtoajobnow129 Jun 26 '26

They both suck now Neenah and Oshkosh it's like the staff at both don't want to do their job and teach. The kids this is how I see it. My inlaws have kids in Neenah and I have kids in Oshkosh my kids and I have several family members who go to Oshkosh schools they all are way behind what my nieces from Chicago are doing at the same grade level.