Summary:
ZIP code 53940 is home to a single school: Lake Delton Elementary, an elementary school serving grades PK–5 with 203 students as part of the Wisconsin Dells School District. Because there are no other schools in this ZIP, the most useful comparisons are between Lake Delton Elementary and its district and state averages.
The school's results are noticeably uneven by grade. In 2025–2026, third grade shined: 70.97% of students were proficient in ELA and 64.52% in math, both well above district and state. Fifth grade math was also strong at 66.67%. Fourth grade, however, fell below district and state in every tested subject — ELA at 43.48%, math at 39.13%, science at 34.78%, and social studies at 56.52%. Science has been a consistent weak spot, also coming in at 39.13% in 2024–2025. Year-over-year swings were large in both directions, and with grade-level groups of roughly 20–30 students, these numbers can shift easily from one cohort to the next. Overall, the school's rating slipped from 3 stars and the 56th percentile in 2023–2024 to 2 stars and the 46th percentile in 2025–2026, placing it just below the state median, though slightly above its district's 42nd percentile.
Other factors worth knowing: chronic absenteeism was 16.9% in 2024–2025, slightly better than the state's 17.3% but higher than the district's 11.4%. About 71.92% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $17,717, and the student-teacher ratio is 13:1. In short, there are real strengths in third grade and fifth grade math, but clear opportunities to strengthen fourth grade instruction, science achievement, and attendance.
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