Best Public Schools in Zip Code 53039

ZIP code 53039 in Juneau, Wisconsin is served by the Dodgeland School District, which operates three public schools covering prekindergarten through 12th grade — Dodgeland Elementary (PK–5, 315 students), Dodgeland Middle (6–8, 140 students), and Dodgeland High (9–12, 233 students), all sharing one campus and a combined enrollment of 688. The district as a whole ranks in the 19th percentile statewide with 1 star, but the three schools differ considerably from one another.

Dodgeland Middle is the current academic bright spot: it is the only school here rated 3 stars, sits at the 50th percentile, and beats the state in 8th grade Math (62.79% vs. 53.67%) and Science (53.49% vs. 51.86%). Its drawback is attendance — 25.0% chronic absenteeism, roughly 1 in 4 students, the highest in the ZIP. Dodgeland Elementary has the best attendance at 11.1%, well below the district's 17.6% and the state's 17.3%, but its 4th grade results fall far below state in every subject — Social Studies at 38.30% vs. 65.51% — while 3rd and 5th grades are close to state averages. Its rank has slid from 55th to 39th to 28th percentile over three years. Dodgeland High graduates students at 96.4% versus the state's 92.0%, yet its 2025–2026 ACT proficiency dropped below state in ELA (41.67% vs. 48.47%), Math (31.25% vs. 42.93%), and Science (27.08% vs. 43.20%), with 20.4% chronic absenteeism.

A few patterns are worth noting. Spending and class size do not line up simply with outcomes: the high school spends the most per student ($17,067) and has the smallest classes (11.3 students per teacher), yet its recent test results are furthest below state, while the middle school spends the least ($14,284) and ranks highest. Attendance also does not track free/reduced lunch in a straightforward way — the elementary school has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (56.51%) but the lowest absenteeism, and the middle school the reverse. Finally, year-to-year swings are large, such as middle school 8th grade Science rising from 37.21% to 53.49% and high school ACT Science falling from 44.07% to 27.08%, so single-year changes at these small enrollments should be read with caution.