Summary:
Zip code 54139 has two public schools, both in the Lena School District and both at the same address on East Main Street in Lena: Lena Elementary, serving grades PK–4 with 180 students, and Lena High, serving grades 9–12 with 124 students, for 304 students total. The area list contains one elementary, one high school, no middle school and no alternative school, so grades 5–8 are not represented here — a real structural gap for families comparing options locally. The district overall ranks 300 of 432, at the 31st percentile with 2 stars.
Lena High is the school on the rise, moving from the 30th percentile with 2 stars in 2023–2024 to the 51st percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026 — the only 3-star rating in the zip. It beats the state in 10th-grade ELA ACT (58.33% vs 48.47%), 10th-grade Science ACT (50.00% vs 43.20%) and graduation rate (94.8% vs 92.0%), and it improved in three of four tested areas year over year, including a +13.89-point ELA ACT gain. Weak spots are math ACT (37.50% vs 42.93%), 10th-grade social studies (35.48% vs 48.25%), a dropout rate of 1.6% (above district 1.0% and state 1.1%), and chronic absenteeism of 15.4% — better than the state's 17.3% but more than double the district's 7.5%.
Lena Elementary tells the opposite story. Its attendance is outstanding, with chronic absenteeism of just 3.4% against district 7.5% and state 17.3%, and its 2024–2025 results were strong across the board. But the current year slipped sharply, from 72nd percentile with 4 stars to 41st percentile with 2 stars, with 4th-grade ELA and science now below state. It still beats the state in 3rd-grade ELA and math and 4th-grade social studies. It also serves more low-income students (40% free/reduced lunch vs 29.03%) with a higher student/teacher ratio (12.7 vs 10.7). With small enrollments, a few students can swing these percentages noticeably.
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