Summary:
ZIP code 54482, on the east side of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, is served by a single elementary school: Bannach Elementary, a PK–6 school with 368 students in the Stevens Point Area Public School District. Because it is the only elementary school in this ZIP code, the most useful comparisons are between Bannach and its district and state averages rather than school-to-school comparisons.
Bannach stands out as a strong performer. It has earned 4 stars in each of the last three school years and ranked between the 74th and 88th percentile statewide among roughly 1,040 schools, while its district sits at the 51st percentile with 3 stars. In 2025–2026, Bannach's Forward Exam proficiency was above both the district and the state in every listed subject and grade, with simple averages of 69.69% in ELA, 66.11% in math, 81.25% in social studies, and 70.83% in science. In 2024–2025 it also topped the state everywhere except 5th grade math, where it was essentially even at 52.00% versus 52.58%.
Attendance is another strength: chronic absenteeism is 9.0%, about half the district's 17.7% and the state's 17.3%. For context, Bannach reports 29.08% free/reduced lunch, $14,160 per-student spending, and a 14.9 student-teacher ratio; no district or state benchmarks for those figures are available, so treat them as description rather than comparison. Year-over-year changes reflect different grade-level cohorts, not the same students. The latest soft spot is 5th grade ELA at 57.69% — still above district and state, but down 10.31 points — while the biggest gains came in 4th grade ELA (+17.46 points) and 3rd grade math (+14.22 points).
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