Summary:
ZIP code 54619 covers Cashton, Wisconsin, a small rural community served by two schools in the Cashton School District: Cashton Elementary, which serves PK–5 with 292 students, and Cashton Middle/High, a combined 6–12 building with 313 students, for a total of 605 students across the district. There is no standalone middle school and no alternative school, so families move from elementary directly into a 6–12 setting.
The clearest shared strength is attendance: chronic absenteeism is 3.2% at the elementary and 3.3% at the middle/high, far below the state rate of 17.3%. Cashton Middle/High also posts a 97.9% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate, both better than the state (92.0% and 1.1%). Academically the picture is mixed and grade-specific. Strengths include 7th grade math (73.53% vs. 55.67% state) and 7th grade ELA (67.65% vs. 55.33%), 8th grade social studies (72.50% vs. 64.63%), and upper-elementary math at Cashton Elementary — 4th grade math at 67.44% vs. 52.87% and 5th grade math at 60.00% vs. 51.81%. Areas to watch are 10th grade ACT proficiency, which trails the state in all three tested subjects (ELA 34.78% vs. 48.47%, math 36.96% vs. 42.93%, science 34.78% vs. 43.20%), plus 3rd grade math at 40.00% vs. 54.75% and 4th grade science at 46.51% vs. 53.46%.
Rankings reflect that split. The Cashton School District sits at the 38th percentile with 2 stars (267 of 432 districts); Cashton Elementary ranks higher, at the 49th percentile, than Cashton Middle/High at the 35th percentile, and the district has slipped from the 44th percentile in 2023–2024 to 35th in 2025–2026. Resources look similar at both schools: per-student spending of $15,156 at the elementary and $14,820 at the middle/high, with low student-teacher ratios of 10.4 and 10.7, and free/reduced lunch participation of 40.41% and 35.46%. In short, strong attendance and completion outcomes, with academic performance that varies sharply by grade and subject.
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