Best Public Schools in Zip Code 53507

Zip code 53507 is home to three public schools — Barneveld Elementary (PK–5, 229 students), Barneveld Middle School (6–8, 96 students), and Barneveld High (9–12, 118 students) — all part of the Barneveld School District and all sharing a single campus at 304 S Jones St in Barneveld, for a total listed enrollment of 443 students. The district ranks 158 of 432 in Wisconsin, a 63rd percentile placement with 3 stars. Because the district has only one school per grade band, school and district grade-level test scores are often identical.

Barneveld Elementary has the strongest overall profile: its 2025–2026 rank is 255 of 1,039 (75th percentile, 4 stars), and chronic absenteeism is just 2.6%, far below the district's 5.9% and the state's 17.3%. Its 2025–2026 math and ELA results are well above state — 5th grade ELA and math both at 85.71% — while elementary science (51.61%) and social studies (58.06%) trail state. Barneveld High stands out for completion: a 95.8% graduation rate and 0.8% dropout rate, both better than state, plus social studies at 72.22% versus 48.25% statewide and ACT math at 51.35% versus 42.93%. Barneveld Middle shows the most mixed results and a declining rank — from 81st percentile in 2023–2024 to 53rd in 2025–2026 — with strong grade 6–7 math but 8th-grade math falling from 75.76% to 50%, and ELA, science, and social studies near or below state.

Overall strengths are elementary math and ELA, middle-grade math in grades 6–7, high school social studies, and graduation rates. Science sits below state at every level in 2025–2026. Chronic absenteeism climbs with grade level — 2.6% elementary, 5.2% middle, 12.3% high — though all remain below the state rate. Each school is still above the median, but all three posted a lower rank in 2025–2026 than their prior peak.