Summary:
ZIP code 54416 covers the Bowler, Wisconsin area and contains two public schools in the Bowler School District: Bowler Elementary, serving PK–6 with 156 students, and Bowler High, serving grades 7–12 with 138 students — 294 students total in a small, high-poverty rural district with no middle or alternative schools.
Both schools are rated 1 star and sit at the 13th percentile among Wisconsin schools at their level, while the district ranks 408 of 432 statewide — the 6th percentile, with 0 stars. The schools differ sharply on attendance: Bowler Elementary's chronic absenteeism is 16.5%, slightly better than the state's 17.3%, while Bowler High's is 34.3%, nearly double the state rate. Bowler High holds the strongest single academic result in the ZIP code — 7th grade ELA at 77.78% and math at 61.11%, both above state — but also the weakest, with ACT math at 7.41% (state 42.93%) and ACT science at 11.11% (state 43.20%). Bowler Elementary's 2025-26 math average, 18.9%, is far below the state average of about 53.3%. Bowler Elementary also posted some above-state ELA results in 2024-25, including 6th grade ELA at 61.11% versus 53.66% statewide.
Resources are relatively strong: Bowler High spends $25,076 per student with an 8.0:1 student/teacher ratio, and Bowler Elementary spends $22,830 with a 9.3:1 ratio, yet outcomes remain below state levels. About 77.56% of elementary students and 72.46% of high school students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Bowler High's graduation rate is 80.7% versus 92.0% statewide, with a dropout rate of 1.4% versus 1.1%. Because grade-level cohorts are small, individual percentages can swing widely from year to year.
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