Summary:
ZIP code 54024 contains four public schools — two elementary, one middle and one high school — serving roughly 991 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, all within the Saint Croix Falls School District, which ranks 86th of 432 Wisconsin districts (80th percentile, 4 stars).
The clear standout is Saint Croix Falls Elementary, ranked 33rd of 1039 statewide in 2025–26 (97th percentile) and holding 5 stars for three straight years. Its test proficiency runs roughly 20–36 percentage points above state averages, and just 4.2% of its students are chronically absent versus 17.3% statewide. Saint Croix Falls High rebounded from 2 stars in 2024–25 to 4 stars in 2025–26 (151st of 533), with a 94.6% graduation rate, a 0.0% dropout rate and above-state results in math, science and social studies — though English language arts remains below state at 43.82% versus 48.47%. Saint Croix Falls Middle is the caution flag: its rank slipped from the 84th percentile in 2023–24 to the 63rd in 2025–26, its chronic absenteeism is the ZIP's highest at 12.3%, and 5th grade math, 8th grade math and 8th grade social studies fall below state.
Every school with data sits below the state chronic absenteeism rate. Dresser Elementary, a PK–K school of 46 students, has no test scores or rank, the ZIP's highest free/reduced lunch share (39.13%) and the highest per-student spending ($19,327) — likely a function of its small size. Saint Croix Falls Elementary serves 34.65% free/reduced lunch, more than the high school's 25.8%, yet far outperforms state averages, pointing to strong instructional and climate practices. The middle school has the lowest spending ($14,069) and the highest student/teacher ratio (16.5). Test and rank data cover different years than the spending and absenteeism figures, so comparisons should be read with that in mind.
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