Summary:
ZIP code 54566 contains exactly one elementary school — Wabeno Elementary, which serves grades PK–5 with 196 students as part of the Wabeno Area School District. Because it is the only elementary school in the area, there are no local school-to-school comparisons; the meaningful benchmarks are against its district and the state. More than half of its students (56.12%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, per-student spending is $12,023, and the student-teacher ratio is 10.6.
For 2025–2026, Wabeno Elementary ranked 720 of 1,039 schools statewide, the 31st percentile, with a 2-star rating, while the Wabeno Area School District ranked 399 of 432 districts, the 8th percentile, with 0 stars. That gap makes the elementary school a relative bright spot within its district, even though it trails the state average in most tested subjects. Fifth grade math was a strength at 54.55% proficient versus the state's 51.81%, and fourth grade math was close at 51.61% versus 52.87%. Third grade math was the weakest result at 32% proficient against a state average of 54.75%, with third grade ELA at 36% versus 52.08%, fourth grade social studies at 54.84% versus 65.51%, and fourth grade science at 48.39% versus 53.46%.
Results slipped from 2024–2025, when the school sat at the 40th percentile, to the 31st percentile in 2025–2026, though the 2-star rating held steady across 2023–2024, 2024–2025, and 2025–2026. Earlier strengths included fifth grade math at 70.83% proficient, 18.25 points above the state, and fifth grade ELA at 58.33%, 7.07 points above the state. Fourth grade science improved from 29.03% to 48.39% but still fell 5.07 points short of the state. Chronic absenteeism was 17.4%, essentially matching the state's 17.3% and better than the district's 18.9% — a positive engagement signal. With only 196 students, individual grade cohorts are small, so year-to-year swings should be read with caution.
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