Summary:
Kimberly Area School District is a high-performing district in Wisconsin, ranked 38th of 432 districts (91st percentile, 5 stars), with four elementary schools — Woodland School, Sunrise Elementary, Westside Elementary, and Janssen Elementary — each serving grades PK–4 and enrolling 1,681 students altogether. Every school is rated 4 or 5 stars and scores above the state average in every reported subject.
Woodland School is the flagship, ranking 41st of 1,039 elementary schools (96th percentile, 5 stars) and posting a proficiency average of 82.14%, well above the district's 74.35% and the state's 55.42%. Janssen Elementary is the biggest riser, jumping from 260th to 99th in the state and from the 75th to the 90th percentile, with its average proficiency climbing 9.68 points to 76.84% — now second in the district. Westside Elementary is improving from a lower base, moving from 61st to 74th percentile and from 3 to 4 stars, though its 67.31% average is the district's lowest. Sunrise Elementary is the one to watch: its rank slipped from 103rd to 215th over two years, from 5 stars to 4, with proficiency down 2.58 points to 70.12%.
Operationally, all four schools have far lower chronic absenteeism than the district's 8.1% and the state's 17.3% — Woodland at 2.7%, Sunrise 2.9%, Westside 5.6%, and Janssen 5.9%. Westside records the highest per-student spending ($12,876) and lowest student-teacher ratio (12.9), while Sunrise spends the least ($12,005). Social Studies is a district strength, with all schools between 78.16% and 86.92%. Science and 4th grade ELA tend to be relatively lower, notably Science at Westside (62.07%) and 4th grade ELA at Sunrise (62.24%).
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