Summary:
ZIP code 53013 is served by a single elementary school — Cedar Grove-Belgium Elementary — a PK–4 school with 310 students at 50 W Union Ave in Cedar Grove, part of the Cedar Grove-Belgium Area School District.
Academically, this school is a standout. It has earned a 4-star rating in each of the last three reported years: 224 of 1,039 schools (78th percentile) in 2025–2026, 276 of 1,044 (74th percentile) in 2024–2025, and 166 of 1,061 (84th percentile) in 2023–2024. It scored above the state in every reported Forward Exam subject and grade in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. Averaged across all six reported areas, proficiency rose from 66.09% to 70.10%, while the comparable state average moved only from 54.63% to 55.42%. Mathematics is the clearest strength: 4th grade math climbed from 69.70% to 81.48%, which is 28.61 percentage points above the state's 52.87%. Third grade math also improved by 7.36 points, and 4th grade science rose 7.91 points to 68.52%, well above the state's 53.46%. The one dip was 4th grade English Language Arts, which fell 8.25 points to 62.96% — still 9.09 points above the state and above the school's own 3rd grade ELA result.
Attendance is exceptionally strong: chronic absenteeism is just 3.6%, compared with 5.2% for the district and 17.3% for the state — the state rate is roughly 4.8 times the school's. For context, per-student spending is $18,690 and the student-teacher ratio is 13.3 to 1, with 23.23% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. District-level test scores match the school's scores exactly across every reported row, meaning that for these tested grades and subjects the school's results are effectively the district's elementary results in this data set. Overall, families here have one high-performing, consistently 4-star school with broad subject strength, standout math, improving science, and excellent attendance.
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