Summary:
ZIP code 53508 covers Belleville, Wisconsin, where three public schools serve roughly 936 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade: Belleville Elementary (PK–6, 550 students), Belleville Middle (7–8, 111 students), and Belleville High (9–12, 275 students). All three belong to the Belleville School District, which ranks 34th of 432 Wisconsin districts — the 92nd percentile, 5 stars. Every one of the three schools scores above the state average in every reported 2025–26 test area, making this a consistently strong system rather than a single bright spot.
Belleville Middle has the strongest current profile, ranking 43rd of 643 middle schools (93rd percentile, 5 stars), with 7th grade math at 81.36% and 8th grade math at 86.00% proficient — far above state. It also has the lowest student-teacher ratio (8.6) and the highest per-student spending ($16,369). Belleville High is the biggest improver, rising from the 41st percentile two years ago to the 88th percentile, with a 97.2% graduation rate and a 0.3% dropout rate. Belleville Elementary posts above-state results in every reported area while holding chronic absenteeism to 5.6%, about one-third of the state's 17.3%.
Absenteeism is the clearest dividing line across the schools: 5.6% at the elementary level, 9.0% at the middle school, and 17.6% at the high school, which sits slightly above the state rate. Resources differ as well — the elementary school has the largest enrollment but the lowest per-student spending ($13,785) and the highest student-teacher ratio (13.9), yet still produces strong outcomes. One caution for parents: testing formats differ by level, since the high school uses ACT for English, math, and science while elementary and middle grades use the Forward Exam, so score comparisons across levels should be made carefully.
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