Summary:
ZIP code 53144 in Kenosha, Wisconsin contains three elementary schools: Somers Elementary and Strange Elementary, both PK–5 schools in the Kenosha School District, and Paris Elementary, a PK–8 school in the Paris J1 School District. Because Paris serves middle-school grades, its results cover a wider range of students, so direct comparisons with the other two are imperfect.
Paris Elementary is the clear academic standout, ranking 389 of 1039 schools statewide (63rd percentile, 3 stars), reporting 0.0% chronic absenteeism against a statewide 17.3%, and posting the lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 14.34%. Its 2025–26 highlights include 92.59% proficiency in 3rd grade math and 77.42% in 8th grade ELA. Strange Elementary is the most challenged, ranking 875 of 1039 (16th percentile, 1 star), with 33.9% chronic absenteeism, 81.99% free/reduced lunch, and math proficiency as low as 15.49% in 4th grade and 20.00% in 5th grade. Somers Elementary sits in the middle at 670 of 1039 (36th percentile, 2 stars), with 16.3% absenteeism and 54.11% free/reduced lunch; its 5th grade ELA (58.33%) and math (55.00%) beat district and state averages, though 4th grade science stays near 40% in both years.
The clearest pattern is that achievement tracks with poverty and attendance rather than with resources: Strange spends the most per student ($16,166) and has the smallest classes (13.1 students per teacher) yet posts the weakest results, while Paris spends $13,777 with the highest ratio (15.5) and posts the strongest. Somers and Strange, in the same district, land at the 36th and 16th percentile respectively. One caution: Paris’s rank percentile has slipped from 87th to 75th to 63rd over three years, and some middle-grade math scores fall below state.
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