Summary:
Elementary schools in the Pecatonica Area School District consist of a single school: Pecatonica Elementary, which serves grades PK–5 to 171 students at 701 School Rd in Hollandale, Wisconsin. The district is rated well above average statewide — 104th of 432 Wisconsin districts (76th percentile) with a 4-star rating — but the elementary school's own rank sits at 509th of 1,039 schools, the 51st percentile and a 3-star rating, up from 2 stars the year before and its best showing in three years.
Academics are trending upward across nearly every measure. In 2024–2025 the school scored above the state average in only 2 of 8 tested subject-grade combinations; in 2025–2026 that rose to 5 of 8, with the school-wide ELA and math average flipping from 1.8 points below the state to 4.6 points above. Third grade is the standout, posting 80.77% proficiency in ELA (28.7 points above the state) and 73.08% in math (18.3 points above). Fifth grade made the largest single-year jump, with both ELA and math rising to 56.0%. Fourth-grade math is the clear weak point at 29.03% — 23.8 points below the state and down 15.8 points from the same grade level a year earlier. Fourth-grade science and social studies remain close to the state line.
Context matters here: chronic absenteeism of 14.6% is below the state's 17.3%, per-student spending is $19,973, and the student-teacher ratio is 9:1, alongside a 36.84% free/reduced-lunch rate. Because only grades 3–5 are tested and cohorts run roughly 25–31 students, a single student is worth about 3–4 percentage points — so year-to-year swings should be read as directional signals rather than precise measurements.
Thank you for your feedback!