Summary:
ZIP code 53546 is home to six elementary schools — five in the Janesville School District and one, Harmony Elementary, in the Milton School District. The Janesville schools — Van Buren Elementary, Kennedy Elementary, Jackson Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, and Harrison Elementary — serve PK–5, while Harmony serves PK–3 and therefore reports only 3rd-grade test results. Enrollment ranges from 266 to 408 students, with 1,996 students in total across the six schools.
Harmony is the academic standout, with 73.77% of 3rd-graders proficient in ELA and 86.89% in math in 2025-26, the highest in the area. Among the PK–5 schools, Kennedy and Harrison are strongest, both earning 4 stars; Kennedy ranked 154 of 1,039 (85th percentile) and Harrison 169 of 1,039 (84th percentile). Harrison's ELA proficiency is strong across grades (72.92% in 3rd, 72.09% in 4th, and 70.0% in 5th). Van Buren is also 4-star and 71st percentile, with notable 4th-grade results — 76.81% in math, 81.16% in social studies, and 75.36% in science — though its 3rd-grade ELA is low at 44.59%. Kennedy leads 4th-grade social studies at 90.63%.
Jackson and Lincoln are the lower performers, both 2 stars and in the high 30s percentile. Jackson's 3rd-grade ELA and math are low at 31.11% and 42.22%, while Lincoln improved substantially in 2025-26, including 54.35% in 4th-grade ELA and 60.87% in 4th-grade math, after a very low prior year. Attendance is a bright spot: every school is below the state's 17.3% chronic absenteeism rate, and Harmony is exceptionally low at 3.7%. Higher spending and smaller classes at Jackson and Lincoln did not line up with higher proficiency, while lower-spending Van Buren performs well — so families should look closely at grade-level results alongside overall ratings.
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