Summary:
ZIP code 54449 is home to five elementary schools, all part of the Marshfield Unified School District, serving students in grades K–6 or PK–6 and enrolling 1,677 children combined. The district overall ranks 140 of 432 Wisconsin districts (68th percentile, 3 stars). Each school is compared using the same measures: 2025–26 state rank, chronic absenteeism, Forward Exam proficiency, free/reduced lunch, per-student spending, and student-teacher ratio. Notably, every school in this group has chronic absenteeism below the state's 17.3%.
Nasonville Elementary is the strongest all-around performer: ranked 185 of 1,039 (82nd percentile, 4 stars), with the highest math proficiency (about 79.7%), the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (30.74%), the smallest classes (11.9 students per teacher), and the highest spending ($16,109 per student). Washington Elementary leads in English language arts, averaging about 73.8% and reaching 86.84% in 6th grade ELA; it raised its overall proficiency average from about 65.0% to 70.5%, though science (53.06%) lags. Madison Elementary is the most improved, climbing from 49th percentile and 2 stars in 2023–24 to 71st percentile and 4 stars in 2025–26, the group's biggest proficiency gain, even as its math average (about 56.8%) and absenteeism (14.4%) remain relative weak spots.
Lincoln Elementary has the lowest absenteeism in the group at 1.8%, but also the lowest 2025 proficiency average (about 56.7%) and the highest free/reduced lunch rate (58.72%). Grant Elementary is the largest school (554 students) and has slipped from 4 stars to 3 stars, with the highest student-teacher ratio (15.3) and the lowest spending ($13,254). Grade-level results swing widely within schools. Overall, Nasonville, Washington, and Madison exceed the district proficiency average, while Grant and Lincoln fall below it yet still surpass the state average.
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