Summary:
Zip code 53523 in Cambridge, Wisconsin is served by a single district — Cambridge School District — with 4 schools, 907 students, and grades PK–12 across 1 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high schools. The district ranks 115th of 432 statewide (73rd percentile, 4 stars). Cambridge Elementary enrolls 399 students (44% of the total), Cambridge High 277, Nikolay Middle 203, and Koshkonong Trails School just 28 in grades 7–12.
Cambridge Elementary is the standout: its state rank climbed three straight years from 317th to 184th of 1,039 (82nd percentile, 4 stars), and in 2025-2026 it beat state proficiency in every subject and grade tested — up to +27.9 points in 3rd-grade math and +21.8 in 4th-grade social studies — while posting the group's lowest chronic absenteeism (8.1% vs. 17.3% state) on the lowest per-student spending ($16,286). Cambridge High also performs well above state, with a 98.4% graduation rate, 0.0% dropout rate, and ACT ELA at 61.43% proficient vs. 48.47% state; however, its rank slipped from 5 stars to 4 (90th to 78th percentile, where it held), and its 19.0% absenteeism is the highest of the four schools and above both district (13.8%) and state.
Nikolay Middle is the relative weak point: lowest rank history (41st percentile, 2 stars at its low point), the only school with multiple grades below state (6th and 7th ELA), and the highest free/reduced lunch share (28.08%) — though its 8th-grade results improved sharply in 2025-2026. Koshkonong Trails School, at 28 students, is best viewed as a program rather than a peer: it shows low absenteeism (11.1%), zero dropouts, and the lowest FRL share (17.86%), but its single social studies datapoint and unreported 2024-2025 school graduation rate make comparisons unreliable. Notably, spending and outcomes run in opposite directions here, and the two secondary schools are pushing district absenteeism above the state rate.
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