Summary:
ZIP code 53528 in Cross Plains, Wisconsin, is served by exactly one elementary school: Park Elementary, part of the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District. Park Elementary serves grades PK–4 and enrolls 245 students. Because it is the only elementary school in the ZIP code, there is no in-area school to compare it against, but it stands out strongly when compared with elementary schools across the state.
Park Elementary earned 5-star ratings in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, ranking 49th of 1,044 schools (95th percentile) and 76th of 1,039 (93rd percentile) — up sharply from 292nd of 1,061 (72nd percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024. The district itself ranks 46th of 432 Wisconsin districts (89th percentile, 4 stars). All 12 reported school-level Forward Exam cells across the two most recent years exceeded state averages. Fourth grade is the school's engine: in 2025–2026, ELA and Math each reached 84.91% proficient and Social Studies reached 90.57%, the highest reported subject in both years and 25.06 points above the state. Science was the lowest 4th grade subject at 73.58%, still 20.12 points above the state.
Other strengths include chronic absenteeism of just 8.2%, roughly half the district rate of 15.4% and less than half the state rate of 17.3%. Free/reduced lunch is 14.69%, per-student spending is $18,822, and the student-teacher ratio is 12.4. The area to watch is 3rd grade: Math fell 10.14 points from 82.14 to 72.00 and slipped just below the district, while 3rd grade ELA was below the district average both years (66.00 vs 68.93 in 2025–2026). Even so, both remain double digits above state averages. Note that test scores cover 2025–2026 while attendance, lunch, spending, and staffing figures cover 2024–2025.
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