Schools in Zip Code 57368

Schools in zip code 57368 include five schools serving 284 students from pre-K through grade 12: Plankinton Elementary, Plankinton Middle, Plankinton High, Aurora Plains Academy Middle and Aurora Plains Academy High. The clearest difference in the latest results is in math: elementary students were well above the state, while middle school students were below it.

Plankinton Elementary stands out most positively in the latest Smarter Balanced results: all-grades proficiency was 59% in ELA and 74% in math, 10 and 30 percentage points above state results. Plankinton Middle was the weaker point, with 48% in ELA (1 point below state) and 31% in math (13 points below); the schools’ math results differ by 43 points. Plankinton High was below state in all three reported ACT subjects: 36% in ELA, 9% in math and 41% in science, compared with 48%, 34% and 45% statewide. Its 96% graduation rate was above the 88% state rate, but its 9% dropout rate was also above the state’s 2%. The two academy schools have no test results supplied, and the high school’s latest ACT results are not directly comparable with its prior-year test results.

Recent changes point in different directions: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, elementary math proficiency rose 17 points, while middle math fell 15 points; ELA rose 5 points at elementary and 1 point at middle, where results remained just below state. SchoolDigger’s reported percentile ranking rose from 60 to 75 for elementary and from 11 to 33 for middle, though middle had reached 51 in 2024–25. As context, 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 42% at elementary, 37% at middle and 29% at high school; student-teacher ratios were 10.3, 13.8 and 10.0, respectively. These figures describe school context but do not explain differences in results.