Summary:
ZIP code 54520 is served by a single elementary school: Crandon Elementary, part of the Crandon School District in Wisconsin. It enrolls 396 students in grades PK–5, with a student-teacher ratio of 12.4 (roughly 32 teachers) and per-student spending of $18,949 in 2024–2025. Available data include state rankings from 2023–2024 through 2025–2026, Forward Exam proficiency for 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism, and free/reduced lunch participation (18.94%). Because it is the only elementary school in the area, all figures describe this one school.
Crandon Elementary has received a 1-star rating for three straight years, ranking 883 out of 1,039 Wisconsin elementary schools in 2025–2026 — the 15th percentile — after slipping from the 18th percentile in 2023–2024. The district ranks 398 out of 432, at the 8th percentile with 0 stars. Chronic absenteeism is 30.2%, compared with 29.3% for the district and 17.3% statewide, meaning nearly one in three students was chronically absent versus about one in six across Wisconsin. These two measures — low ranking and high absenteeism — are the most important context for families evaluating the school.
Proficiency is below the state average in every tested subject and grade. In 2025–2026, ELA averaged 32.47% versus 53.19% statewide, and math averaged 26.21% versus 53.14%. The largest gap was 5th grade math at 21.05%, which was 30.76 points below the state, and 5th grade ELA fell from 35.94% to 26.32%. Fourth-grade social studies is the brightest spot, rising from 41.82% to 48.15%, though it remains 17.36 points below the state. Science stayed essentially flat at 35.19% while the state improved, widening that gap to about 18 points. Notably, school and district proficiency values match exactly in these grades.
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