Summary:
Zip code 53963 is home to three schools serving about 1,741 students, all within the Waupun School District: Meadow View Primary (PK–1), Rock River Intermediate (grades 2–6), and Waupun Area Junior/Senior High School (grades 7–12, which also serves as the district's middle school).
The district overall ranks 318th of 432 in Wisconsin (26th percentile, 1 star), but the individual schools differ in meaningful ways. Waupun Area Junior/Senior High School is the largest school (832 students) and posts the strongest completion numbers — a 97.2% graduation rate and 0.3% dropout rate, both better than the state. However, its chronic absenteeism (21.6%) is above both district (17.1%) and state (17.3%), and its 2025–2026 ACT results fell below state in all three subjects, a sharp reversal from 2024–2025, when all three were above state. Rock River Intermediate (585 students) has low absenteeism (12.4%) and math scores near or above state, with 4th grade social studies at 70.37%, yet ELA is below state in every tested grade — 3rd grade ELA is just 36.94% versus 52.08% statewide. Meadow View Primary (324 students) has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (46.6%) and the highest student-teacher ratio (16.1), but its absenteeism (12.8%) is below district and state.
Per-student spending is nearly identical across the three schools ($14,453 to $14,545), so resource differences do not appear to explain the outcome gaps. No state test scores are listed for Meadow View, which is consistent with its PK–1 grade span rather than a performance concern. Because grades 7 and 8 sit inside the high school, its test results cover both middle and high school levels — useful context when comparing it with other high schools.
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