Summary:
ZIP code 53528 in Cross Plains, Wisconsin is served by two public schools, both part of the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District: Park Elementary, which serves grades PK–4 with 245 students, and Glacier Creek Middle, which serves grades 5–8 with 924 students. Together they enroll 1,169 students, and because the ZIP has no public high school, the local data covers only PK–8.
Both schools outperform their district, which itself ranks 46th of 432 Wisconsin districts (89th percentile, 4 stars). Glacier Creek Middle has earned 5 stars in each of the last three years and has stayed in the 94th–95th percentile among middle schools — a notable result at its size. Park Elementary is the improvement story, rising from the 72nd percentile in 2023–24 to 95th in 2024–25 and 93rd in 2025–26. In 2025–26, Park's 4th graders posted 90.57% proficiency in social studies, 84.91% in ELA, and 84.91% in math — 25 to 32 points above state averages. Glacier Creek's strongest results were 8th-grade social studies at 87.98%, 8th-grade science at 80.38%, and 7th-grade math at 80.75%.
Both schools have lower chronic absenteeism than the district (15.4%) and state (17.3%): Park at 8.2% and Glacier Creek at 13.6%. Glacier Creek's dropout rate is 0.2%, versus 1.1% statewide. Free/reduced lunch rates are similar (14.29% and 14.69%), and per-student spending is $17,680 at Glacier Creek and $18,822 at Park. Relative weak spots are 6th-grade ELA (66.99%) and math (69.86%) at Glacier Creek, and 3rd-grade ELA (66.00%) and math (72.00%) at Park — below district averages but still above state. Year-over-year changes were mixed: 8th-grade science rose 6.72 points while 6th-grade math fell 8.01 points, and these reflect different student cohorts.
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