Summary:
ZIP code 53587 covers South Wayne, Wisconsin, and is home to three public schools serving grades PK–12: Black Hawk Elementary (PK–5, 163 students), Black Hawk Middle (6–8, 76 students), and Black Hawk High (9–12, 96 students). All three share one campus at 202 E Center St and belong to the Black Hawk School District, which enrolls 335 students total and is ranked 227 of 432 in Wisconsin (47th percentile, 2 stars) — a district-level rating that appears for all three schools.
The elementary school is the standout, earning 4 stars for three straight years: 234 of 1,039 (77th percentile) in 2025–2026 and 75th percentile in each of the two prior years. Grade 4 results are especially strong — math 82.35 vs. state 52.87, social studies 82.35 vs. 65.51, and science 70.59 vs. 53.46. The middle school is mixed: math is strong (7th grade 82.14 vs. state 55.67; 8th grade 65 vs. 53.67), while ELA is uneven (6th grade 33.33 and 8th grade 35 below state; 7th grade 64.29 above). The high school is below state in every reported 2025–2026 subject — social studies 37.5 vs. 48.25, ELA ACT 42.31 vs. 48.47, math ACT 38.46 vs. 42.93, science ACT 34.62 vs. 43.2 — but improved substantially since 2024–2025, when science ACT was 19.23.
Attendance is a system-wide bright spot: chronic absenteeism is 6.5% at the middle school, 8.6% at the elementary, and 10.4% at the high school, all below the state rate of 17.3%. The high school does face graduation and dropout challenges — 85.1% graduation vs. the state's 92.0%, and a 4.0% dropout rate vs. 1.1% — and it spends the most per student ($17,369) with the smallest student-teacher ratio (9.5) yet posts the lowest proficiency. With only 76 and 96 students in the middle and high schools, a single student can move a grade-level percentage by several points, so year-to-year swings deserve caution.
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