Summary:
ZIP code 54137 in Krakow, Wisconsin contains exactly one public school: Fairview Elementary, a PK–5 building at 2840 Highway 32 serving 99 students. Because it is the only school in the ZIP, there are no in-area peers to compare it against; the meaningful benchmarks are its district, Pulaski Community School District, and the state of Wisconsin. That district is a strong one, ranking 108th of 432 statewide (75th percentile, 4 stars), so Fairview is being measured against high local expectations.
Fairview's trajectory is genuinely improving. Statewide it climbed from 566th (46th percentile, 2 stars) in 2024–25 to 425th (59th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–26 — a 141-position gain and its best result of the three years on file. The school beat the state average in 5 of 8 tested subject/grade combinations in 2025–26, up from only 2 of 8 the year before. Grade 3 is the standout, at 87.5% proficient in English language arts (+35.4 points over the state) and 75% in math (+20.3). Grade 4 is the concern, trailing the district in all four of its tested subjects. Attendance is the clearest strength: a 6.5% chronic absenteeism rate, well under the district's 11.4% and the state's 17.3%. The building is also resource-rich, with a 7.9:1 student–teacher ratio and $22,605 in per-student spending.
The main caveat for parents is size. Tested cohorts run roughly 8 to 15 students, so one student moving changes a reported percentage by 8 to 13 points; year-over-year shifts describe different small groups of children more than they describe instructional change. Fairview currently beats the state but trails its own district in 6 of 8 measures, consistent with its 59th-percentile rank against the district's 75th. The most reliable signals here are attendance first, and the district-relative gap second.
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