Schools in Zip Code 53121

ZIP code 53121 covers Elkhorn in Walworth County, Wisconsin, where all 7 schools — three elementaries serving PK–5, one middle school (6–8), one comprehensive high school (9–12), and two alternative programs serving grades 6–12 and PK–12 — belong to the Elkhorn Area School District, a 4-star district ranked 122nd of 432 statewide, enrolling about 3,515 students.

Tibbets Elementary is the clear academic standout, holding 5 stars and top-5% statewide rankings in all three years of rank history; its 4th graders outscored the state by roughly 30 points in math, social studies, and science. West Side Elementary is the quiet improver, with three consecutive years of rising ranks and the strongest 5th grade math result among the elementaries, while Jackson Elementary moved the other way, falling from the 81st to the 60th percentile. At Elkhorn Area Middle, 6th grade reading and math both jumped, but 8th grade science slipped below the state average. Elkhorn Area High pairs an excellent 96.9% graduation rate and 0.4% dropout rate with a broad one-year dip in test scores.

The two alternative programs look very different. Elkhorn Options Virtual School posts some of the highest proficiency figures in the ZIP but also the lowest graduation rate (82.6%) and the highest dropout rate (2.7%), so its numbers should be read cautiously given small class sizes. Career and College Academy shows the opposite profile: the lowest dropout rate (0.0%) and an above-state 92.7% graduation rate, but the weakest test scores and the lowest per-student spending ($5,491). Attendance splits sharply by grade level — every PK–8 school sits at or below 3.2% chronic absenteeism (Jackson is at 0.0%), while the two high school buildings are at 13.5% and 15.9%, well above the district's 6.0%.