Summary:
ZIP 53811 covers Hazel Green, Wisconsin, and its three public schools — Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary (PK–5, 281 students), Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle (6–8, 96 students), and Southwestern Wisconsin High (9–12, 151 students) — serve 528 students in the Southwestern Wisconsin School District, which ranks 271 of 432 statewide (37th percentile, 2 stars).
The high school is the strongest of the three, ranking 209 of 533 (61st percentile, 3 stars) with a 96.6% graduation rate versus 92.0% statewide. Its 2025–26 social studies proficiency was 63.64% versus the state's 48.25%, and ACT English Language Arts was 56.76% versus 48.47%. Still, it slipped from the 75th percentile with 4 stars in each of the prior two years, and ACT math (37.84% vs. 42.93%) and science (37.84% vs. 43.20%) fell below state. It also has the highest chronic absenteeism of the three at 14.3% — below the state's 17.3%, but above its neighbors.
The elementary school stands out for early math: 3rd-grade math was 76.19% proficient versus 54.75% statewide, and 3rd-grade ELA was 61.90% versus 52.08%. However, 4th- and 5th-grade ELA came in below state, and its rank has declined from the 66th percentile to the 47th. The middle school is the weakest link, at the 36th percentile, with 8th-grade ELA at 40.00% versus 54.38% state, social studies at 51.43% versus 64.63%, and science at 40.00% versus 51.86%, though 6th-grade math rose to 56.00% (state: 53.60%). Attendance is a shared strength: chronic absenteeism is 6.8% at the elementary and 7.5% at the middle school.
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