Summary:
ZIP code 54469 covers Port Edwards, Wisconsin, and contains three schools serving students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade: Port Edwards Educational Heuer Elementary School (PK–4, 202 students), John Edwards Middle (5–8, 89 students), and John Edwards High (9–12, 144 students), totaling 435 students. All three belong to the Port Edwards School District, which ranks 298th of 432 in Wisconsin — the 31st percentile with 2 stars — yet the individual schools perform quite differently.
John Edwards High is the strongest current performer: 231st of 533 schools (57th percentile, 3 stars), a 100.0% graduation rate versus the state's 92.0%, a 0.7% dropout rate, and social studies proficiency of 62.5% against the state's 48.25%. Its percentile, however, has slipped from 82 to 57 over three years, and ACT ELA and Science now trail the state. Heuer Elementary is the most improved school, rising from the 21st to the 41st percentile and from 1 star to 2, with chronic absenteeism of only 5.9%; its weak spots are Grade 4 Math (43.75% vs. 52.87%) and Grade 4 Social Studies (53.13% vs. 65.51%). John Edwards Middle has the best inputs — a student-teacher ratio of 8.2, $16,890 spent per student, and 4.4% chronic absenteeism — but the weakest outcomes: 33rd percentile and 2 stars, with Grade 5 Math at 21.88% versus the state's 51.81% and Grade 6 ELA at 32.35% versus 54.95%.
Overall, attendance is a district strength, with elementary and middle chronic absenteeism well below the state's 17.3%, although the high school's 14.2% is the highest locally. Notably, spending and class size do not track with results — the middle school spends the most yet ranks lowest, while the high school spends the least yet ranks highest. Because enrollments are small, year-to-year percentage swings can be large and should be read with caution.
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