Summary:
ZIP code 53934 in Adams, Wisconsin is home to two public schools — Adams-Friendship Elementary (grades PK–4, 486 students) and Adams-Friendship Middle (grades 5–8, 338 students) — together serving 824 students in the Adams-Friendship Area School District, which has no high school inside this ZIP code, so only the PK–8 portion of the district appears here. The district as a whole ranks 410th of 432 districts statewide (5th percentile, 0 stars), so the picture for families is challenging across the board.
Comparing the two schools, the middle school looks stronger on operations and resources: chronic absenteeism is 19.2% versus 23.9% at the elementary school, its student-teacher ratio is a lean 8.4 (compared with 11.5), it spends $18,404 per student versus $16,682, and its dropout rate is 0.0%. The elementary school is the larger of the two, has a higher share of students from low-income families (67.28% free/reduced lunch versus 62.43%), and its relative bright spot is 4th grade science, which came within 9.3 points of the state average — the narrowest gap either school recorded. Still, the middle school ranked in the 15th percentile statewide in 2025–26 against the elementary school's 18th, and both have drifted downward over three years.
The most important takeaway for parents is the consistency of the gap: every one of the 32 reported test results at both schools fell below the state average, with average proficiency around 35% compared with roughly 55% statewide — about a 20-point shortfall across nearly every subject and grade. There are real bright spots, including 8th grade math and improving 3rd grade results, but also warning signs: 4th grade math dropped from 48% to 24.42% in a single year, 8th grade science fell to 21.69%, and elementary chronic absenteeism (23.9%) sits above both the district and the state. Attendance and steady support at home are likely to matter a great deal here.
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