Best Public Schools in Zip Code 53530

The 53530 zip code in Wisconsin is home to two schools: Darlington Elementary/Middle and Darlington High, both part of the Darlington Community School District. While the elementary/middle school faces some performance challenges, the high school has a strong graduation rate and mixed academic results.

Darlington Elementary/Middle serves grades PK-8 with an enrollment of 633 students. It is ranked 549 out of 1,044 Wisconsin elementary schools and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school has a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% and mixed student performance on state assessments, with some grade levels performing above the state average in ELA and Math, while others are below. The school has a free/reduced lunch rate of 46.6%, indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students.

Darlington High serves grades 9-12 with an enrollment of 257 students. It is ranked 205 out of 431 Wisconsin high schools and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school has a strong 91.0% four-year graduation rate, but student performance on state assessments and the ACT is mixed, with some subject areas above the state average and others below. The school has a free/reduced lunch rate of 40.08%, also indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students.