Summary:
ZIP code 54153 in Oconto, Wisconsin is served by a single public elementary school — Oconto Elementary, which teaches grades PK through 4 to 340 students and belongs to the Oconto Unified School District.
Parents should know that the school's test results have slipped. On the 2025-2026 Forward Exam, Oconto Elementary trailed Wisconsin on all six tested subject-and-grade measures, averaging about 36.8% proficient compared with roughly 55.4% statewide. A year earlier the school averaged 46.7% proficient and had two measures above the state — 3rd grade ELA and math. The change is broad: five of six measures declined year over year by an average of about 15 points. The exception was 4th grade social studies, which rose 16.18 points to 58.18% and is now the school's strongest result. Fourth grade ELA is the largest deficit, at 21.82% proficient versus 53.87% statewide, and 4th grade math trails by 21.96 points. Science is also a quiet concern, down 7.45 points and 18.91 points below the state.
There are genuine strengths. Chronic absenteeism is 11.4%, below the district's 15.4% and the state's 17.3%, and the school spends $15,198 per student with a favorable 12.3-to-1 student-teacher ratio. About 56.76% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. The school's state ranking also fell, from 740 of 1,061 (30th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023-2024 to 842 of 1,039 (19th percentile, 1 star) in 2025-2026, while the district sits at the 25th percentile. With only 340 students, a handful of children can move a percentage noticeably, so the clearest areas to watch are 4th grade reading and science.
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