Summary:
Beloit, Wisconsin is home to eight public elementary schools — six in the Beloit School District and two in the Beloit Turner School District — enrolling 3,222 students in total, with most serving grades PK–5, while Garden Prairie Intermediate School serves grades 2–5 and Powers Elementary serves PK–1.
Garden Prairie Intermediate School is the clear standout, ranked 486 of 1,039 (53rd percentile, 3 stars) with an average proficiency of 57.11 versus the state's 54.75, and above state in 7 of 8 tested areas in 2025–26, including 4th grade math at 61.34 and 4th grade ELA at 57.98; only 5th grade math, at 47.11 versus 51.81, fell below state. Its chronic absenteeism is just 5.5% against the state's 17.3%, and its free/reduced-price lunch rate is 34.01%. Powers Elementary has no proficiency data because it serves PK–1, but its 7.2% absenteeism and 39.88% FRPL rate are similarly strong.
By contrast, all six Beloit School District schools exceed the state chronic absenteeism rate of 17.3%, from 26.4% at Todd Elementary to 50.0% at Merrill Elementary, with the district at 42.7%. Average proficiency there is far below state: 33.31 at Gaston Elementary, 31.01 at Converse Elementary, 29.40 at Todd, 18.95 at Robinson Elementary, 17.80 at Hackett Elementary, and 7.21 at Merrill. Several are improving — Gaston gained 5.89 points and Todd 5.09. Notably, Merrill ranks 1,029 of 1,039 with 0 stars yet spends the most per student ($18,304) and has the smallest classes (10.9 per teacher), while Garden Prairie spends the least ($10,847) with the largest classes (17.2), showing spending and class size alone do not predict achievement.
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