Summary:
Jim Falls, Wisconsin has one public school, Jim Falls Elementary, which serves grades K–5 with 117 students as part of the Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District; because the city has only an elementary school, older students attend school outside Jim Falls. The district is ranked 240th of 432 Wisconsin districts—about the 44th percentile, with 2 stars—while the school’s latest rank is 539th of 1,039, or 48th percentile, with 2 stars.
Academically, math is the school’s clear signature. In 2025-2026, math proficiency is 64.71% in grade 3, 62.5% in grade 4, and 61.11% in grade 5—all above state averages—while the school’s math average is about 62.8%, above the district’s 60.0% and the state’s 53.1%. In 2024-2025, grade 4 math reached 84.21%, far above district and state. ELA is the weaker area: the 2025-2026 ELA average is about 49.1%, below the district’s 55.6% and the state’s 53.2%, and grade 5 ELA is 44.44%, below both. Science and social studies are mixed: science is 50.00%—above the district’s 47.57% but below the state’s 53.46%—and social studies is 62.50%, just below the district’s 63.11% and the state’s 65.51%; both improved from 2024-2025.
Attendance is outstanding: chronic absenteeism is 0.0%, compared with 14.5% in the district and 17.3% statewide. Resource indicators show per-student spending of $17,638 and a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1; free/reduced lunch is 27.35%, or about 32 of 117 students. The rank trajectory has softened, from 65th percentile with 3 stars in 2023-2024 to 44th percentile with 2 stars in 2024-2025 and 48th percentile with 2 stars in 2025-2026, still below its earlier high. With only 117 students, grade-level results can swing with small cohorts. Overall, Jim Falls Elementary is math-strong and ELA-weaker, with exceptional attendance and a latest rank slightly above the district, though ELA results trail district averages while math leads them.
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