Summary:
ZIP code 54554 in Phelps, Wisconsin, is home to two public schools — Phelps Elementary serving grades PK–8 and Phelps High serving grades 9–12 — both in the Phelps School District, located on the same road and enrolling about 88 students combined.
Phelps Elementary (61 students) has a real strength in attendance: its chronic absenteeism rate of 5.3% is far below the district's 7.3% and the state's 17.3%. Its academics are uneven rather than consistently strong or weak. Bright spots include grade 6 ELA at 85.71% proficient versus the state's 54.95%, grade 4 social studies at 87.5% versus 63.65%, and grade 3 ELA at 66.67% versus 52.08%. Math is the clearest weakness: grade 3 math at 22.22%, grade 5 math at 28.57%, and grade 8 math at 12.5%, all against state rates near 51–55%. Grade 8 ELA (12.5%) and social studies (25%) are also well below state. Recent rankings ranged from the 40th to 54th percentile with 2–3 stars.
Phelps High (27 students) shows positive completion indicators — a 0.0% dropout rate and a 100.0% graduation rate for 2023–24 — but its chronic absenteeism of 12.0% is above the district and more than double the elementary school's, though still below the state. Its spending per student of $47,996 is about 73% higher than the elementary school's $27,670, and its student-teacher ratio is 7.4 versus 6.2. Current academic data is thin: the only 2025–26 result shown is grade 10 social studies at 45.45%, slightly below the state's 48.25%. Free/reduced lunch is nearly identical at both schools (about 44%), while the district overall ranks 320 of 432, at the 26th percentile with 1 star. With such small cohorts, percentages can swing sharply from year to year.
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