Summary:
ZIP code 53037, which covers Jackson, Wisconsin, is served by a single public school — Jackson Elementary — a K–4 building of 306 students that is part of the West Bend School District; there is no middle school, high school, or alternative school inside the ZIP, so families here move into the wider district after 4th grade.
By the numbers, this is a strong school. It beats the Wisconsin state proficiency rate on all 12 reported test measures across two years, and above its own district on 8 of 12. In 2025-26 its six-test average was 69.62% proficient, versus 64.25% for the district and 55.42% for the state. Third-grade math stands out at 84.48% — nearly 30 points above the state. Attendance is the most striking operational figure: chronic absenteeism is just 1.0%, compared with 8.8% in the district and 17.3% statewide, and this comes with 26.8% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school also has a 12.7:1 student–teacher ratio and $16,855 in per-student spending, and it holds a 4-star rating while its district ranks 125th of 432 statewide.
There are a few things worth watching. The school's state percentile ranking has slipped three years running — 87, then 83, then 76 — and its proficiency profile softened slightly from 2024-25 to 2025-26 even as the state average improved. It beat the district on five of six tests in 2024-25 but only three of six in 2025-26, with both 4th-grade ELA and 4th-grade math now below district averages. Fourth grade also dropped noticeably compared with the same students' 3rd-grade results, a dip steeper than district or state grade-transition effects explain — a signal to watch rather than a firm trend.
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