Best Public Schools in Zip Code 54436

ZIP code 54436 serves the Granton, Wisconsin area, with two public schools in the Granton Area School District: Granton Elementary (PK–6) and Granton High (7–12), enrolling 132 and 112 students. The district ranks 402 out of 432 Wisconsin districts (7th percentile, 0 stars). Granton Elementary ranks 763 out of 1,039 schools (27th percentile, 1 star), while Granton High ranks 395 out of 533 (26th percentile, 1 star), down from 47th percentile and 2 stars in 2022-23. Attendance is a clear strength: chronic absenteeism is 2.7% at the elementary, 8.3% at the high school, 5.4% in the district, and 17.3% statewide. The high school also reports a 100.0% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, compared with 92.0% and 1.1% statewide.

Academics are uneven. At Granton Elementary, the 2025-26 4th grade performed above state in ELA (64.29% vs. 53.87%), math (57.14% vs. 52.87%), and science (57.14% vs. 53.46%), and was close in social studies (64.29% vs. 65.51%). Other elementary grades were generally below state, including 3rd grade ELA (25.00% vs. 52.08%), 5th grade ELA (22.22% vs. 53.63%), and 5th grade math (27.78% vs. 51.81%). At Granton High, 10th grade Social Studies was above state in 2025-26 (54.55% vs. 48.25%) and 2024-25 (52.94% vs. 47.67%). But 8th grade math was 10.00% vs. 53.67% statewide in 2025-26, after 0.00% vs. 53.06% in 2024-25; ACT ELA was 12.50% vs. 48.47%, and ACT math was 31.25% vs. 42.93%.

Because enrollment is small, one student can shift a grade-level percentage by several points, so year-to-year results should be read cautiously. Both schools have low student-teacher ratios—11.9 at the elementary and 12.4 at the high school—and per-student spending is $17,139 and $18,584, respectively. Free/reduced lunch rates are 50% and 49.11%. Overall, the strongest outcomes are attendance, graduation, and dropout prevention; the elementary has a promising 4th grade cohort, and the high school has steady 10th grade Social Studies. The main concerns are below-state proficiency in many grades, especially middle/high school math and ACT ELA, with both schools ranked in the bottom quartile of Wisconsin schools.