Summary:
Zip code 53533 contains one elementary school, Dodgeville Elementary, which serves grades PK–4 and enrolls 385 students in the Dodgeville School District. Because it is the only elementary school in this zip code, there is no intra-zip peer comparison; the most useful benchmarks are the district and the state.
The school’s 2025–2026 rank is 294 out of 1,039 schools, or the 72nd percentile with 4 stars. That is stronger than 2024–2025, when it ranked 407 of 1,044, in the 61st percentile with 3 stars, and slightly above its 2023–2024 result of 71st percentile with 4 stars. In 2025–2026, every listed Forward Exam subject and grade was above the state average. Math is the standout: 3rd-grade math proficiency was 79.17% versus the state’s 54.75%, and 4th-grade math was 67.12% versus 52.87%. ELA was also solid, at 58.33% for 3rd grade and 67.12% for 4th grade, compared with state rates of 52.08% and 53.87%. Social studies showed the biggest year-over-year change: 4th grade rose from 54.69% in 2024–2025, which was below the state’s 63.65%, to 71.23% in 2025–2026, above the state’s 65.51%. Science reached 60.27% versus the state’s 53.46%. The school’s Forward Exam results are identical to the district’s in every row, so district test comparisons mirror the school itself.
Chronic absenteeism is 8.1%, well below Wisconsin’s 17.3%, though the district’s reported 4.2% is lower than the school’s. About 32.99% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $15,327, and the student-teacher ratio is 11.7. Overall, this is a single elementary school with above-state proficiency in both listed years, especially strong math, improved social studies and science results in 2025–2026, and a recent 4-star, 72nd-percentile ranking. Families should keep in mind that grade-level cohorts change year to year and that district test figures are identical to the school’s, so they do not provide an independent benchmark.
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