Summary:
ZIP code 53538 is home to one public high school, Fort Atkinson High, which serves 816 students in grades 9–12 as part of the Fort Atkinson School District in Wisconsin. Because it is the only high school in the area, all comparisons below are between this school and its district and state averages rather than between local schools.
The school's strongest results are in science and in completion measures. Science ACT proficiency reached 48.65% in 2025–26, up from 44.57% the prior year and above Wisconsin's 43.2% — a 5.45-point advantage. The graduation rate is 93.5%, slightly above both the district's 93.3% and the state's 92.0%, and the dropout rate is 0.2% against the state's 1.1%. Chronic absenteeism is 8.8%, roughly half the statewide 17.3%, though it is higher than the district's 5.3%.
Mathematics is the most persistent gap: proficiency improved from 35.87% to 38.92% but remains 4.01 points below the state. Social Studies sits at 42.86%, below the state's 48.25%. English Language Arts was a strength at 53.55% in 2024–25, well above the state's 48.62%, before falling to 48.65% — essentially tied with the state. In rankings, the school is 253 of 533, at the 53rd percentile with 3 stars, a partial recovery from 252 of 431 in 2024–25 but far below its 2023–24 peak of 114 of 431, at the 74th percentile with 4 stars. The district, by contrast, ranks 112 of 432 with 4 stars. For context, 26.47% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $17,394, and the student-teacher ratio is 13.7.
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