Summary:
ZIP code 54527 covers Glidden, Wisconsin, and contains just two schools, both part of the Chequamegon School District and both located at 64 S Grant St: Chequamegon Middle (grades 6–8, 128 students) and Glidden Elementary (grades PK–2, 25 students). Together they enroll 153 students, with the middle school making up about 84% of that total. Notably, this ZIP has no grades 3–5 and no high school, so families here must look beyond the immediate area for upper elementary and high school. The district is rated 2 stars and ranks 233 of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 46th percentile.
Chequamegon Middle is the standout for 8th-grade academics in 2025–2026, beating state proficiency in math (66.67% vs. 53.67%), science (66.67% vs. 51.86%), and social studies (71.79% vs. 64.63%). Its 7th grade, however, lags well behind state in both ELA (35.71% vs. 55.33%) and math (45.24% vs. 55.67%), so results vary sharply by grade. The school also improved its ranking from 458th of 628 and 1 star in 2024–2025 to 336th of 643 and 2 stars in 2025–2026, a 21-point percentile gain. Its main concern is chronic absenteeism at 21.1%, above the district’s 16.1% and the state’s 17.3%.
Glidden Elementary stands out for very low chronic absenteeism (9.1%, less than half the middle school’s rate and below both district and state), a low student-teacher ratio of 7.8 versus 11.7 at the middle school, and the highest per-pupil spending in the ZIP at $23,712, compared with $20,164 at the middle school. Free or reduced lunch is similar at both — about 59–60% — meaning both serve high-need populations. Keep in mind that Glidden Elementary’s 25 students make its spending and staffing figures volatile, and it has no test scores or rank history in this data set, which is expected for a PK–2 school.
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