Best Public Schools in Zip Code 53559

ZIP code 53559 is home to four schools serving roughly 906 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, all within the Marshall School District, which itself is ranked 358 of 432 in Wisconsin (17th percentile, 1 star) — a rating that applies to every school in this list. The four schools are Marshall High (grades 9–12, 281 students), Marshall Early Learning Center (PK–2, 251 students), Marshall Elementary (PK–6, 246 students), and Marshall Middle (grades 7–8, 128 students). Despite the low district rating, individual schools show 2-star results and a mix of strengths and weaknesses by grade and subject.

Marshall Middle has the best latest rank (362 of 643, 44th percentile, 2 stars) and is the only rated school with a clear upward trend, moving from 34th to 43rd to 44th percentile over three years. Its 8th-grade social studies (70.77%), science (61.54%), and math (55.38%) all beat state averages, and its dropout rate is 0.0%. But its 7th-grade ELA (28%) and math (30%) are the weakest results in the dataset. Marshall Elementary stands out for attendance: 13.8% chronic absenteeism, the only rate below both district and state, alongside above-state 4th-grade ELA (57.14%), math (58.93%), and social studies (66.07%), with ELA improving across grades 3–6.

Marshall High posts the strongest completion outcomes — a 93.5% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, both above district and state — and its 10th-grade ACT ELA beat state in both years (52.54% and 63.64%), though math and science lag. Marshall Early Learning Center has no test or rank data because it serves PK–2. Notably, poverty and attendance don't track together: the high school has the lowest FRPL (34.88%) but highest absenteeism (19.6%), while the elementary school has the highest FRPL (45.93%) but the lowest absenteeism.