Summary:
ZIP code 54611 is home to exactly one high school: Lincoln Junior/Senior High School, located at 124 S School St in Alma Center, Wisconsin. It is part of the Alma Center School District and serves 250 students in grades 7–12, combining middle and high school grades on one campus. Because it is the only school in this ZIP code, all local comparisons come down to how this school performs against district and state averages.
The school's clearest strength is attendance. Its chronic absenteeism rate is 8.2%, well below the district's 9.6% and less than half the statewide 17.3%. Academically, 7th grade English language arts stands out: 65.63% proficient versus 55.33% statewide, a 10.3-point advantage. Tenth grade ACT ELA is also above state at 53.33% versus 48.47%, and 7th grade math is slightly above state at 56.25% versus 55.67%. The school also has a low student-teacher ratio of 11.7, per-student spending of $17,136, and 48.8% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch — a small, relatively well-resourced school serving students with some socioeconomic need.
The concerns are significant. Tenth grade social studies is far below state at 22.92% versus 48.25%, and it fell sharply from 52.78% the prior year. Eighth grade ELA is weak at 37.5% versus 54.38% statewide, and ACT math is a particular soft spot at 33.33% versus 42.93%. The graduation rate, 87.5%, trails the state's 92.0% despite strong attendance, while the dropout rate is 1.2% versus 1.1% statewide. Rankings reflect this slide: the district sits at 369 of 432 (15th percentile, 1 star), and the school has moved from the 52nd percentile with 3 stars in 2023–2024 to the 32nd percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026. With only 250 students across six grades, individual grade results can swing widely from year to year, so families should look at multi-year trends. The most pressing areas to watch are 10th grade social studies, 8th grade ELA, and ACT math, while protecting the attendance and 7th grade ELA gains.
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