Summary:
ZIP code 53520 covers Brodhead, Wisconsin, where three public schools serve the community: Ronald R Albrecht Elementary (PK–4, 460 students), Brodhead Middle (5–8, 202 students), and Brodhead High (9–12, 313 students) — 975 students total, all in the Brodhead School District.
Academically, Brodhead Middle posts the strongest current results, ranking in the 44th percentile with 8th grade social studies at 73.77% and science at 63.93%, both well above state. Its weak spot is 7th grade, where ELA and math both sit at 33.85%, roughly 21–22 points below state, and its dropout rate is 2.1%. Ronald R Albrecht Elementary has the area's best attendance, with 9.2% chronic absenteeism versus 17.3% statewide, but all six of its current tests fall below state averages, including 3rd grade ELA at 40.96%. Brodhead High graduates 96.2% of students with a 0.0% dropout rate, yet its current scores are the weakest overall — social studies at 30.38% and math ACT at 33.78% — and it has the highest chronic absenteeism at 20.0%.
Patterns worth noting: attendance challenges grow at the secondary level, from 9.2% at the elementary to 17.2% at the middle and 20.0% at the high school. Spending and class size favor the middle school ($17,163 per student, ratio 10.6), while the elementary has the lowest spending ($14,361). Free/reduced lunch is about 44% at both the elementary and middle but 34.19% at the high school, so poverty indicators alone don't track achievement here. Rank trends differ too: the high school has improved three years running, the middle school dropped from 3 stars to 2, and the elementary has moved up and down. The shared district rating (22nd percentile, 1 star) is lower than each school's own current rating.
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