Summary:
ZIP code 54548 covers Minocqua, Wisconsin, and contains three schools — one PK–8 elementary and two high schools serving grades 9–12, with no separate middle school — enrolling 1,223 students across the Minocqua J1 School District and the Lakeland Union High School School District.
Minocqua Elementary is the academic leader with 506 students in grades PK–8. Its district ranks 130 of 432 statewide (70th percentile, 4 stars), and its test scores beat state averages in ELA, math, social studies, and science, with 8th grade social studies at 83.02% proficient versus 64.63% statewide. But its rank percentile has slipped from 76th to 61st over three years, and 4th grade math fell from 60.87% to 41.51%. Lakeland High is the largest school with 696 students. Its rank improved from the 36th to the 51st percentile, and its graduation rate is 95.9% versus the state's 92.0%, though ELA dropped to 42.31% while the state stayed near 48.5%. Lakeland STAR Academy (LSA) has only 21 students, no test scores listed, and no current school-level graduation rate, so its results cannot be compared directly.
The sharpest contrast is chronic absenteeism: 27.8% at both high schools versus just 2.5% at Minocqua Elementary and 17.3% statewide — an elementary rate roughly 11 times lower. Free/reduced lunch rises from 32.41% at Minocqua Elementary to 42.96% at Lakeland High to 71.43% at LSA. Per-student spending is similar at Lakeland High ($20,858) and Minocqua Elementary ($21,513), but far higher at LSA ($62,160), which also has a 3.6 student-teacher ratio compared with 14.7 and 10.5 at the other two.
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