Summary:
Zip code 54121 covers Florence, Wisconsin, where three public schools serve local students in the Florence County School District: Florence Elementary (PK–6, 197 students), Florence Middle (7–8, 56 students), and Florence High (9–12, 116 students), for 369 students in total. The district ranks 191 of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 56th percentile with 3 stars.
By current ranking, Florence High is the academic leader: it places 132 of 533 Wisconsin high schools, in the 75th percentile with 4 stars, and posts the largest positive school-vs-state gap in the data — 10th grade social studies at 71.43% proficient vs. 48.25% state, a +23.18 point gap — along with 10th grade ELA/ACT at 60.71% vs. 48.47% (+12.24). Florence Middle follows at 262 of 643 (59th percentile, 3 stars), a rebound from the 44th percentile and 2 stars the prior year, with 8th grade social studies +14.54 points over state and 7th grade math +9.71. Florence Elementary ranks lowest at 577 of 1039 (44th percentile, 2 stars), yet improved sharply from the 29th percentile and 1 star, led by 4th grade science (+20.61 points) and 6th grade math and ELA.
Chronic absenteeism is a district-wide strength: 8.8% district vs. 17.3% state, with Florence Elementary lowest at 5.7% and Florence Middle at 7.0%; Florence High is higher at 14.7% but still below the state. Lower-grade elementary math is the clearest weakness — 3rd grade math at 21.43% vs. 54.75% state (-33.32 points) and 5th grade math at 35.48% vs. 51.81% (-16.33) — while Florence Middle's 8th grade math sits 12 points below state. Florence High's graduation rate is 88.4% vs. 92.0% state, with a dropout rate of 1.7% vs. 1.1%. Per-student spending rises by level: $18,778 at the elementary, $20,020 at the middle, and $23,556 at the high school, with student-teacher ratios of 9.8, 7.8, and 11.1. With middle and high school enrollments of just 56 and 116, small changes in student counts can shift grade-level percentages several points.
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