Summary:
ZIP code 54005 covers Clear Lake, WI, and has three public schools serving grades PK–12 in the Clear Lake School District: Gaylord A Nelson Educational Center (PK–6), Clear Lake Junior High (7–8), and Clear Lake High (9–12), with 527 students total and no alternative schools listed.
The district ranks 218 of 432, 50th percentile, 2 stars, but that average hides school differences. Clear Lake High is the standout improver: it rose from 1 star/28th percentile in 2024–2025 to 3 stars/66th percentile in 2025–2026. Its graduation rate is 97.8% vs state 92.0%, dropout is 0.0% vs state 1.1%, and ACT proficiency is above state in ELA (60% vs 48.47%), math (50.91% vs 42.93%), and science (50.91% vs 43.2%). Its weak spot is 10th-grade social studies: 29.41% vs state 48.25%, down from 49.12% the prior year. Clear Lake Junior High is strong in math (7th 68.75% vs 55.67%; 8th 67.5% vs 53.67%), 8th social studies (72.5% vs 64.63%), and 8th science (57.5% vs 51.86%), but ELA is below state in both grades and fell from 2024–2025.
Gaylord A Nelson Educational Center has exceptional attendance: chronic absenteeism is 3.8%, far below the district’s 7.5% and state’s 17.3%. Academically it is mixed: 3rd and 6th grades are above state in ELA and math, while 4th and 5th grades are below state; 4th-grade ELA and math are both 33.33%, about 20 points below state. Operationally, Clear Lake Junior High has the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (19.44%), lowest per-student spending ($15,006), and highest student-teacher ratio (14.0), while Gaylord A Nelson Educational Center has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (38.72%), highest spending ($16,495), and lowest ratio (11.7). All three schools are below the state chronic absenteeism rate, and no test values are suppressed; district test values match school values because the district has one school per level.
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