Summary:
ZIP code 53235 covers Saint Francis, Wisconsin, and contains exactly one middle school: Deer Creek Intermediate (3680 S Kinnickinnic Ave), a grades 4–8 building with about 300 students — roughly 60 per grade — in the Saint Francis School District. Because it appears to be the only school in the district serving grades 4–8, the district's test results and this school's results are the same numbers, so district-versus-school score comparisons are not independent evidence. With roughly 50–60 students tested per grade per subject, one student is worth about 2 percentage points, so small year-to-year changes should be read cautiously.
The clearest strength is middle-grades math. In 2025–26, 6th grade math scored 63.46% against a state average of 53.60% — a nearly 10-point advantage and the school's strongest single result — and 7th grade math (57.41% vs 55.67%) also beat the state. Fourth grade science (54.17% vs 53.46%) edged ahead. The operational picture is encouraging too: chronic absenteeism was 16.7%, better than both the district (20.4%) and the state (17.3%), alongside a 13.5:1 student-teacher ratio, $16,827 in per-student spending, and 46.67% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch.
The gaps are broader than the strengths. The school scored below the state in 11 of 14 tested areas, trailing in all four subjects overall. The largest shortfall is 5th grade English Language Arts, at 37.50% vs 53.63% — a 16.1-point gap. Eighth grade, the school's exit grade, is below state in ELA, math, social studies, and science; 8th grade science (40.32%) was essentially unchanged from 40.58% the prior year and 11.5 points behind the state, pointing to a persistent rather than one-year gap. Fourth grade math (41.67% vs 52.87%) is also a weak spot. Statewide, the school slipped from 3 stars and the 55th percentile in 2023–24 to 2 stars and about the 41st percentile, where it has since stabilized. The dropout rate, 1.4% versus 0.5% district and 1.1% state, is the one operational red flag.
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