Summary:
ZIP code 53061 covers New Holstein, Wisconsin, and is home to three public schools — one elementary serving PK–5, one middle school serving grades 6–8, and one high school serving grades 9–12 — all part of the New Holstein School District, with 981 students enrolled across them.
All three schools perform above Wisconsin averages and earned 4 stars in 2025–2026. New Holstein Middle has the strongest overall profile: it ranks 82 of 643 (87th percentile), has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 3.0%, the lowest student-teacher ratio at 12.8, and has held 4 stars for three straight years. New Holstein High shows the biggest improvement, rising from 47th percentile and 2 stars in 2023–2024 to 86th percentile and 4 stars in 2025–2026, with a 97.4% graduation rate and 0.3% dropout rate, both better than the state. Its ACT results also beat the state in math (62.03% vs. 42.93%), ELA (56.96% vs. 48.47%), and science (55.7% vs. 43.2%). The one watch item is chronic absenteeism at 9.0%, above the district's 6.1% but still well below the state's 17.3%. New Holstein Elementary also turned around, moving from 2 stars to 4 stars, with standout 4th grade results in social studies (85.71%), math (76.79%), and science (66.07%). It serves the highest share of students from low-income families (29.75%) yet has the lowest per-student spending ($12,558).
Across the ZIP, per-student spending rises with grade level — from $12,558 at the elementary school to $16,786 at the high school — while free/reduced lunch falls from 29.75% to 17.48%. Keep in mind that grade-level test results compare different students from year to year, and ACT and Forward Exam scores are not directly comparable.
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