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Best High Schools in Zip Code 54406

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384

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Top rankedAmherst High152^nd of 533 Wisconsin high schools

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Central Sands Community High School

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Summary:

ZIP code 54406 covers Amherst, Wisconsin, and includes two high schools serving grades 9–12: Amherst High, a 349-student school in the Tomorrow River School District, and Central Sands Community High School, a much smaller 35-student school in the single-school Central Sands Community High School Inc district.

Amherst High has the stronger overall accountability record. Its 98.9% graduation rate, 0.5% dropout rate, and 11.5% chronic absenteeism all beat Wisconsin's 92.0%, 1.1%, and 17.3%. It scored above the state in all four reported 10th-grade test areas in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, and it earned 4 stars and a 71st-percentile school rank in 2025–2026. One note: its Social Studies proficiency margin over the state shrank from +9.12 points in 2024–2025 to just +0.50 points in 2025–2026.

Central Sands Community High School shows a split profile. Its Social Studies proficiency of 66.67% and ACT English Language Arts proficiency of 63.64% are well above the state's 48.25% and 48.47%, and it reported a 0.0% dropout rate. But its graduation rate of 81.8% is below the state's 92.0%, its chronic absenteeism of 34.4% is roughly double the state's 17.3%, and its ACT Mathematics proficiency of 36.36% trails the state's 42.93%. With only 35 students, single students can shift percentages sharply. Notably, Central Sands' district rank (66th percentile) exceeds Amherst's district rank (53rd percentile), and free/reduced lunch, per-student spending, and student-teacher ratio are not reported for Central Sands—unknown, not zero—so resource comparisons are limited.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ACT English Language Arts (2026)	ACT Mathematics (2026)	ACT Science (2026)	Forward Exam Social Studies (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ACT English Language Arts 10th Grade	ACT Mathematics 10th Grade	ACT Science 10th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 10th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Amherst High	Public	9-12	357 N Main St	Amherst	54406	Portage County	Tomorrow River School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 824-5522	349	28	12.2	21.8%	326 (93.4%)	4 (1.1%)	12 (3.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.4%)	68.3	152^nd of 533 public high schools	71.5%		67.2	115^th of 431 public high schools	73.3%	37	64.0	46.7	49.3	48.8	$17,284	$511	$16,772
Central Sands Community High School	Public, Charter	9-12	3995 County Rd K	Amherst	54406	Portage County	Central Sands Community High School Inc	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(715) 824-2583	35	2	15.0	—	30 (85.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	65.7	178^th of 533 public high schools	66.6%					(n/a)	63.6	36.4	45.5	66.7

Cities Near Zip Code 54406

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Amherst	2.71 mi	5	147^th
Amherst Junction	8.45 mi	2	278^th
Waupaca	8.86 mi	5	199^th
Iola	10.84 mi	2	226^th
Plover	10.94 mi	2	389^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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