Summary:
ZIP code 53181, covering Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, is served by a single school: Lakewood Elementary. It is classified as an elementary school but serves grades PK–8 with 263 students, and it belongs to the Twin Lakes #4 School District. Because it is the only school in the ZIP code, any area-level picture is really a profile of this one school, and the district's results largely reflect it.
The clearest strength is attendance: chronic absenteeism was just 4.4% in 2024–2025, compared with 4.3% in the district and 17.3% statewide — roughly a quarter of the state rate. Class sizes are small, with a student-teacher ratio of 9.5, and per-student spending is relatively high at $17,779. In 2025–2026, several grade-level subjects scored above state averages, including 8th grade Social Studies at 72.41% proficient (state: 64.63%), 4th grade Math at 62.5% (52.87%), 5th grade Math at 58.82% (51.81%), 5th grade ELA at 58.82% (53.63%), and 8th grade ELA at 58.62% (54.38%).
Overall, though, the school remains below average: its latest rank is 597 of 1,039 — 43rd percentile with 2 stars. The trend is modestly positive, improving from 681st to 667th to 597th, and from the 36th to the 43rd percentile, while holding at 2 stars. Weak spots in 2025–2026 include 4th grade ELA (31.25% proficient), 7th grade ELA (36.84%), 4th grade Science (43.75%), and middle-school Math in grades 6–8, all below state levels. Dropout was 1.8%, slightly above the district's 1.7% and the state's 1.1%. Enrollment spans PK–8, and performance varies considerably by grade and subject.
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