Summary:
ZIP code 53538 covers Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, where four elementary schools — Luther Elementary, Purdy Elementary, Barrie Elementary, and Rockwell Elementary — serve kindergarten through 5th grade (Purdy also serves pre-K) and enroll 880 students combined, all within the Fort Atkinson School District, which ranks 112 of 432 in Wisconsin at the 74th percentile with 4 stars.
Luther Elementary is the top performer in 2025–26, ranking 119 of 1,039 (89th percentile, 4 stars) with the highest overall test average at about 74.6% proficiency — while also having the highest free/reduced lunch rate (44.54%) and the lowest chronic absenteeism (0.8%). Barrie Elementary is the most improved, climbing from 57th to 84th percentile (4 stars) over two years, with a 2025–26 overall average of about 71.1%, the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (27.36%), and the lowest per-student spending ($18,838). Rockwell Elementary posted the strongest peak — 92nd percentile and 5 stars in 2024–25 — before easing to 77th percentile and 4 stars, with a 2025–26 average of about 68.2%. Purdy Elementary ranks lowest in 2025–26 at 53rd percentile (3 stars) with a roughly 57.3% overall average, despite the highest spending ($21,864) and lowest student-teacher ratio (10.1).
All four schools have chronic absenteeism well below the district's 5.3% and far below the state's 17.3%, and three of the four — Luther, Barrie, and Rockwell — beat the state average in every listed 2025–26 test; Purdy is the exception, with 4th-grade Math, Social Studies, and Science below state levels. Purdy's 4th-grade Math proficiency of 38.89% is the clearest outlier, against 68.39% district and 52.87% state. Notably, spending and class size do not track with outcomes here. With enrollments between 197 and 238, one grade-level cohort can swing a school's averages and ranking considerably.
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