Summary:
ZIP code 54156 in Pembine, Wisconsin is served by two schools in the Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine School District: Pembine Elementary, covering pre-kindergarten through grade 6 with 139 students, and Pembine High, covering grades 7 through 12 with 87 students. There is no separate middle school, so grades 7 and 8 sit inside the high school, and the two buildings together enroll 226 students. The district is ranked 309 of 432, 28th percentile, 1 star — a composite that hides a wide gap between the two buildings.
Pembine High has the stronger recent record. Its building rank is 141 of 533, 74th percentile, 4 stars, and it posted a 2024–2025 graduation rate of 95.0% against a state rate of 92.0%. Tenth-grade ACT results also beat the state: ELA 62.5% versus 48.47% and math 50% versus 42.93%. The same building, however, reports weak grades 7–8 Forward scores in 2025–2026 — 8th grade ELA at 28.57% against a state 54.38% — plus chronic absenteeism of 21.6%, above the district's 12.7% and the state's 17.3%. It also spends far more per student ($28,199 versus $18,582) and has a much smaller student-teacher ratio (7.3 versus 11.4).
Pembine Elementary's standout is attendance: chronic absenteeism of just 6.4%, less than half the state rate and roughly half the district rate, even though 66.91% of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Academically it is mixed and volatile — 6th grade ELA reached 94.12% versus a state 54.95% in 2025–2026, and 4th grade science and social studies were above state in both years, while grades 3, 4, and 5 math fell below state that year and its rank slipped from 474 of 1044 (55th percentile, 3 stars) to 676 of 1039 (35th percentile, 2 stars). Because these are small cohorts, swings such as 5th grade math moving from 71.43% to 29.41% should not be read as firm trends.
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