Summary:
ZIP code 54216 is home to three public schools serving kindergarten through 12th grade — Kewaunee Elementary (PK–5, 392 students), Kewaunee Middle (6–8, 185 students), and Kewaunee High (9–12, 284 students) — totaling 861 students and all part of the Kewaunee School District. The district overall ranks 246th of 432 Wisconsin districts, in the 43rd percentile with 2 stars, but performance varies widely from school to school.
Kewaunee Elementary is the clear standout and the only school in the ZIP code rated 4 stars in 2025–2026, at the 71st percentile — up from 62nd and 65th in the two prior years. It scored above the state in every reported Forward Exam subject and grade, averaging about 60.5% proficient in ELA versus a state average of about 53.2%, and about 64.4% in math versus about 53.1%. Notably, it has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (40.31%) and the lowest per-student spending ($15,387) of the three schools, plus very low chronic absenteeism at 4.3%.
Kewaunee Middle has the weakest profile, holding steady at 2 stars and the 35th percentile, and falling below the state in all reported ELA grades and in social studies, with science essentially matching the state. Kewaunee High is mixed: ACT math was above state at 50.0% versus 42.93%, and social studies rose to 54.1%, but ACT ELA and science lagged at 34.38% and 37.5%. Its graduation rate is solid at 91.5% and its dropout rate low at 0.3%, yet chronic absenteeism is 16.3% — nearly four times the elementary rate and close to the statewide 17.3%. Small grade cohorts mean year-to-year swings should be read with caution.
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