Summary:
ZIP code 54541 is home to two public schools in the Laona School District, both located at 5216 Forest Ave in Laona: Laona High, serving grades 6–12 with 146 students, and Robinson Elementary, serving pre-kindergarten through grade 5 with 145 students. There is no separate middle school; grades 6–8 are housed within the high school. Together the two schools enroll roughly 291 students. The district is ranked 221 of 432 in Wisconsin, placing it at the 49th percentile with 2 stars.
Laona High is the stronger of the two schools overall. It exceeded the state proficiency rate in 8 of 12 listed tests in 2025–26 and 10 of 12 in 2024–25, with middle-school math a clear strength — Math 7 reached 87.5% versus the state's 55.67%. It reports 0.0% dropout versus the state's 1.1% and chronic absenteeism of 9.0%, better than the district's 12.2% and the state's 17.3%. However, its graduation rate is 87.5%, below the state's 92.0%, ACT Math fell to 21.74% in 2025–26 (state 42.93%), and its rank slid from the 89th percentile in 2023–24 to the 52nd percentile in 2025–26.
Robinson Elementary is moving in the opposite direction, improving from the 19th percentile in 2023–24 to the 44th percentile in 2025–26. Its bright spots are in fourth grade: Social Studies 4 at 85.71% (state 65.51%) and Science 4 at 71.43% (state 53.46%). Still, it exceeded the state in only 3 of 8 listed tests in 2025–26, with fifth-grade ELA and math both at 36.36%. Chronic absenteeism is 16.0%, above the district rate but below the state. It has a higher free/reduced lunch rate (45.52%), lower per-student spending ($15,751), and a higher student-teacher ratio (12.6) than Laona High.
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