Summary:
ZIP code 54443 covers Junction City, Wisconsin, and contains just one public school: Kennedy Elementary, an elementary school serving grades PK–6 with about 170 students in the Stevens Point Area Public School District. Because it is the only school in the area, there are no local schools to compare it with, so the most useful comparison is against district and Wisconsin state averages.
Kennedy Elementary's strongest metric is attendance. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 8.2% is less than half the district rate of 17.7% and the state rate of 17.3%, a strong sign of student engagement. Academically, results are mixed but include real bright spots: in 2025-2026, 3rd grade ELA (57.14%), 5th grade ELA (55.00%), 4th grade social studies (68.42%) and 4th grade science (57.89%) were all above state averages. Fourth grade also made large year-over-year gains, with science rising from 38.10% to 57.89% and ELA from 28.57% to 47.37%.
Math is the clearest area for improvement. In 2025-2026, every tested grade was below the district average in math, and the school's math average was 48.69%, compared with 53.99% in the district and 53.26% statewide. Sixth grade trailed the district in both ELA (50.00% vs 60.45%) and math (50.00% vs 58.52%). The school ranked at the 44th percentile in 2025-2026 with 2 stars, up from the 33rd percentile the prior year, while the district sits at the 51st percentile with 3 stars. For context, 35.29% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $16,570, and the student-teacher ratio is 13.9.
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