Summary:
ZIP code 53574 has one elementary school, New Glarus Elementary, a PK–6 school at 19 14th Avenue in New Glarus, Wisconsin, with 419 students in the New Glarus School District. Since it is the only elementary school in the area, the most useful comparisons are against the district and the state.
The school is one of the top-performing elementary schools in Wisconsin. In 2025–2026 it ranked 51st out of 1,039 schools, placing it in the 95th percentile with a 5-star rating, a big jump from 194th (81st percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–2025. The district itself is rated in the 96th percentile with 5 stars. On the Forward Exam, New Glarus Elementary scored above the Wisconsin average in every reported subject and grade. Averages across grades 3–6 came in around 79.7% proficient in English language arts and 82.2% in math, versus state averages of roughly 53.6% and 53.3% — about 26 and 29 points higher, respectively. Math is especially strong: 6th grade math reached 90.00% proficient (state: 53.60%) and 3rd grade math 88.46% (state: 54.75%). Science and social studies are strong too, with 4th grade science at 82.09% (state: 53.46%) and 4th grade social studies at 82.09% (state: 65.51%). Results improved broadly year over year; the one decline was 5th grade math, which fell from 72.92% to 66.67%.
Attendance is a notable strength: chronic absenteeism was just 5.5% in 2024–2025, below the district's 8.8% and far under the state's 17.3%. About 20.05% of students qualified for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending was $13,496, and the student-teacher ratio was 14.4 to 1. For parents, this is a 5-star school with very high achievement, strong attendance, and rising results.
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