Summary:
ZIP code 53105 contains six elementary schools serving roughly 2,278 students across three districts — Wheatland J1 School District, Randall J1 School District, and Burlington Area School District. Grade configurations vary: Wheatland Center Elementary (PK-8, 644 students), Randall Consolidated School (PK-8, 560), Dyer Elementary (PK-4, 395), Waller Elementary (K-4, 247), Cooper Montessori (PK-6, 225), and Winkler Elementary (K-4, 207). Because the group mixes lower elementary and PK-8 schools, cross-school comparisons are directional rather than exact. Burlington Area enrolls about 47% of these students, yet its district rating (44th percentile, 2 stars) trails the Randall district (81st percentile, 4 stars) and the Wheatland district (61st percentile, 3 stars).
The strongest profiles are Cooper Montessori and Randall Consolidated School. Cooper posts the highest composite proficiency in the group — about 73.7%, roughly 19 points above matching state averages — and climbed from the 70th to the 86th percentile over three years, with 6th grade ELA at 90.91% and 4th grade science at 84.62%. Randall is the most consistent, rising from the 68th to the 82nd percentile, with 4th grade math at 86.54% versus a state rate of 52.87%. Waller Elementary is the strongest traditional Burlington Area school (65th percentile, about 63.2% composite). Wheatland Center Elementary is a split picture: strong 8th grade results (75.81% in ELA and social studies) but 4th grade math down at 43.24%.
Chronic absenteeism is low everywhere, with all six schools under the state's 17.3% rate and Cooper and Waller both at 0.0%. Spending does not track neatly with results: Winkler spends $15,738 per student yet has a 59.4% composite and the highest free/reduced lunch rate (49.28%), while Cooper reaches the top composite on $13,815. Grade-level scores also swing sharply year to year, so multi-year trends are more reliable than a single result. Dyer Elementary and Winkler Elementary have declining rank trends and below-state 4th grade ELA and science results, though both keep absenteeism very low.
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