Summary:
ZIP code 53968 covers rural Wonewoc, Wisconsin, and is served by three public schools — Wonewoc-Center Elementary (PK–5, 175 students), Wonewoc-Center Junior High (6–8, 68 students), and Wonewoc-Center High (9–12, 114 students) — all part of the Wonewoc-Union Center School District. The district enrolls 357 students and is ranked 310th of 432 Wisconsin districts (28th percentile, 1 star), but that single district rating hides large differences among the three campuses.
The junior high is the standout: the only 3-star school here, with its rank percentile climbing 36 → 45 → 62 over three years, the lowest chronic absenteeism (11.9% vs. 17.3% state), the smallest classes (8.5 student-teacher ratio), and the lowest per-student spending ($14,163). Its 2025–26 ELA averaged ~67.2% proficient across grades 6–8 vs. ~54.9% statewide. The elementary school sits in the middle — 39th percentile, 2 stars — with grade 4 Social Studies at 82.61% vs. 65.51% state, but weak grades 3 and 5 math (35% vs. 54.75% and 21.43% vs. 51.81%). The high school ranks lowest (25th percentile, 1 star) and has the group's highest chronic absenteeism at 21.3%, the only rate above the state's 17.3%.
Across all three schools, math is the clear weak link and it worsens with grade level: elementary ~36.2% vs. ~53.1% state, junior high ~47.1% vs. ~54.3% state, and high school 16.67% vs. 42.93% state. Yet the high school graduates 100% of its students with a 0.0% dropout rate (state: 92.0% and 1.1%) — completion is strong even where proficiency and attendance are not. A majority of students at every school qualify for free/reduced lunch (50.88%–58.86%). The priorities suggested by the data are high school math and absenteeism, elementary grades 3 and 5 math, and studying what the junior high is doing well.
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