Summary:
Elementary Schools in the Salem School District are served by a single building: Salem Elementary, a PK–8 school in Salem, Wisconsin with 936 students and the only elementary-level school in the district. Because it is the district's only school, every district figure in the data is identical to the school's own figure, so the meaningful comparison is Salem Elementary against the state of Wisconsin rather than against another local school.
Academically, the strongest results are in upper-grade math: 8th grade math scored 69.0% proficient against 53.67% statewide (a gap of about +15.3 points), with 7th grade math at 62.75% vs. 55.67% and 6th grade math at 61.46% vs. 53.60%. The clearest weakness is early reading — 4th grade ELA at 43.48% vs. 53.87% statewide and 3rd grade ELA at 42.71% vs. 52.08%. Overall the school sits essentially at the state average (56.12% vs. 56.38%), down from clearly above it a year earlier (+4.02 points), and its state rank has slid from the 63rd percentile in 2023–24 to the 42nd percentile in 2025–26. Grade 8 science also fell sharply, from 66.67% to 53.54%.
Beyond test scores, the school's climate and resources look solid: chronic absenteeism is 13.8% versus 17.3% statewide, the dropout rate is 0.0%, per-student spending is $15,295, and the student–teacher ratio is 14.4. About 32.37% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Families should note that the school's strengths cluster in grades 6–8 math, while the trend lines in early reading and the two-year rank decline are the areas worth watching.
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