Summary:
ZIP code 53561 is home to exactly one elementary school: Merrimac Community, a PK–5 school with 134 students located at 360 School St in the village of Merrimac, Wisconsin, and part of the Sauk Prairie School District. Because it is the only elementary school in the area, there is no cross-school comparison to make — the most useful view is how the school performs by grade and subject and how it compares with district and state benchmarks. It is a small school, with a 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio of 14.1, per-student spending of $14,448, and 26.87% of students receiving free or reduced lunch.
Academically, Merrimac Community has performed well above district and state averages. Its statewide ranking moved from 132 of 1,061 (88th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024, to 52 of 1,044 (95th percentile, 5 stars) in 2024–2025, to 289 of 1,039 (72nd percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026 — still ahead of the district's 197 of 432, 54th percentile, 3-star profile. In 2024–2025, Grade 4 Mathematics and Grade 4 Social Studies each reached 93.75%, and Grade 4 ELA reached 87.5%. In 2025–2026, Grade 4 Social Studies stayed at 88.24%, Grade 5 ELA at 81.25%, and Grade 5 Mathematics at 75%. Averaged across the eight reported tests, the school scored 67.51% in 2025–2026 versus 56.19% for the district and 54.75% for the state. Chronic absenteeism is another strength: 12.4% in 2024–2025, below the district's 14.9% and the state's 17.3%.
The clearest flag is Grade 4 ELA, which fell to 47.06% in 2025–2026, below both the district (54.21%) and the state (53.87%). Grade 4 Mathematics dropped from 93.75% to 64.71% but remained above both benchmarks, while Grade 3 Mathematics slipped to 55%, close to district and state. Grade 3 ELA improved from 56.25% to 70%. Overall, this is a small, above-average school with strong upper-elementary results and favorable attendance, alongside one subject-level area to watch.
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