Summary:
ZIP code 53190 covers Whitewater, Wisconsin, where three public elementary schools — Lincoln Elementary, Washington Elementary, and Lakeview Elementary — all serve grades PK–5 within the Whitewater Unified School District, enrolling 879 students combined.
All three schools outperform their own district's rating: the district sits at the 27th percentile with one star, while every elementary lands between the 44th and 50th percentile with two stars. Lincoln Elementary is the current leader, ranked 50th percentile and up 30 percentile points over three years (20th to 50th), despite the highest poverty rate (55.87% free/reduced lunch) and the lowest per-student spending ($17,271). Washington Elementary is the attendance standout, with 1.9% chronic absenteeism versus 7.7% districtwide and 17.3% statewide, and it posts the strongest grade-5 results (ELA 55.56%, math 53.33%). Lakeview Elementary spends the most ($19,488) and has the smallest classes (10.4 students per teacher); it made the biggest one-year gain (+10.6 points), including the best single result in the data — grade-4 math at 69.23%, 16.4 points above the state — but also the weakest, grade-5 ELA at 33.33%, 20.3 points below the state.
Grade 4 is the bright spot: all three schools scored above the state in grade-4 math and science. Grade 5 is the weak spot, with two of the three schools below the state in both ELA and math, and reading generally trails math across the group. Because grade-level cohorts are small — roughly 25–35 students — a handful of children can shift a score by several points, so the rank history is the steadier signal than any single year.
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