Schools in Zip Code 54449

ZIP code 54449 is served entirely by the Marshfield Unified School District and includes seven schools: five elementary schools (Grant Elementary, Washington Elementary, Madison Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, and Nasonville Elementary), one middle school (Marshfield Middle), and one high school (Marshfield High), with 3,395 students total. The district is ranked 140 of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 68th percentile with 3 stars. Enrollment is split roughly 49.4% elementary, 15.8% middle, and 34.8% high school.

Among the standouts, Nasonville Elementary has the strongest overall profile: 4 stars, 82nd percentile, math proficiency above 71% in all four tested elementary grades, 4.0% chronic absenteeism, 30.74% free/reduced-price lunch, $16,109 per-student spending, and the lowest student-teacher ratio at 11.9. Washington Elementary is also 4 stars at the 75th percentile, with grade 5 math at 85.71% and grade 6 ELA at 86.84%. Madison Elementary has the biggest upward trajectory, rising from 49th percentile and 2 stars in 2023-24 to 71st percentile and 4 stars in 2025-26, though it has the ZIP’s highest chronic absenteeism at 14.4% and more mixed math. Marshfield High is a stable 3-star school with a 92.8% graduation rate and 0.7% dropout rate. Lincoln Elementary has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 1.8% but mostly near or below state/district proficiency, while Grant Elementary declined from 4 stars to 3 stars and Marshfield Middle dipped to the 59th percentile.

District-wide, chronic absenteeism is a strength: every school is below Wisconsin’s 17.3%, and the district average is 8.2%. The three current 4-star schools are small elementaries with 231–316 students. Spending and student-teacher ratios are not simple predictors—Nasonville Elementary has the highest spending and lowest ratio, but Madison Elementary also spends high with more mixed math, and Marshfield High has the highest ratio at 15.5 yet strong outcomes. Overall, the district is above average but not uniformly high-performing, with wide variation between its top-quartile elementaries and schools showing declines or lower proficiency.