Summary:
ZIP code 54403 is home to 8 schools serving students from kindergarten through high school — four elementary schools, one middle school, two high schools, and one alternative K-12 school — all within the Wausau School District, which ranks 241 of 432 in Wisconsin at the 44th percentile. Total enrollment is 2,696 students, from 893 at East High down to 38 at Enrich Excel Achieve Learning Academy; East High and Horace Mann Middle together account for roughly 57% of that total.
Wausau Area Montessori Charter School is the clear standout, ranking in the 66th percentile with 3 stars and posting strong results in 3rd grade math and 4th grade ELA, social studies, and science — all above district and state levels. Horace Mann Middle has improved steadily, rising from the 45th to the 57th percentile with 3 stars and chronic absenteeism of 13.8%, below both district and state. East High has the best graduation rate in the ZIP at 96.8% and a low dropout rate of 0.4%, but its absenteeism is 26.0% and its science and social studies scores trail the state.
Riverview Elementary has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 9.6% and jumped 17 percentile points in a year, though its 3rd grade math was weak. John Marshall and Franklin Elementary are both 1-star schools with the ZIP's highest poverty rates and mostly below-state scores. Wausau Area Virtual Education swings widely by grade, and Enrich Excel Achieve spends the most per student ($25,587) yet has 55.9% absenteeism — showing spending alone does not predict outcomes, and that this district's average masks wide differences between its schools.
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