Summary:
ZIP code 53946 is home to two elementary schools, both part of the Markesan School District: Markesan Primary, which serves prekindergarten through grade 2 with 163 students, and Markesan Intermediate, which serves grades 3 through 5 with 153 students. Together they enroll 316 elementary students at 200 S Margaret St in Markesan. The district ranks 204th of 432 in Wisconsin — the 53rd percentile — with 3 stars.
Markesan Intermediate is where test scores come in, since Forward Exam testing begins in grade 3. Its brightest results are grade 5 mathematics (63.27% proficient, 11.46 points above the state's 51.81%), grade 4 social studies (73.91% vs. 65.51%), grade 4 science (56.52% vs. 53.46%), and grade 5 ELA (55.10% vs. 53.63%). Every reported subject and grade improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, led by grade 3 ELA (+11.30 points) and grade 4 ELA (+7.01). Two areas still trail the state: grade 3 mathematics at 48.08% (state 54.75%) and grade 4 ELA at 47.83% (state 53.87%). The school recovered from 2 stars and the 45th percentile in 2024–2025 to 3 stars and the 51st percentile in 2025–2026, though it remains below its 2023–2024 mark of the 61st percentile.
Attendance is a shared strength. Markesan Intermediate's chronic absenteeism rate is 7.1% and Markesan Primary's is 8.3%, both far below the state's 17.3% and the district's 9.3%. Markesan Primary has no test scores to review because it serves PK–2, so its clearest data points are attendance, a 38.04% free/reduced lunch rate, $15,848 per student in spending, and a 12:1 student-teacher ratio. Markesan Intermediate spends $16,357 per student with a ratio of 11.5:1 and a 41.18% free/reduced lunch rate. Those differences are modest — the real story here is strong attendance and rising achievement.
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