Schools in Zip Code 54623

ZIP code 54623, an area around Coon Valley in western Wisconsin, is served by a single public school: Coon Valley Elementary, an elementary school serving grades PK–4 with 125 students in the Westby Area School District. With no middle, high, or alternative schools in the data, everything parents need to know centers on this one building — and the story there is a striking turnaround. In 2023–2024 the school ranked 816th of 1,061 Wisconsin schools, landing in the bottom quartile with 1 star. By 2024–2025 it had climbed to 602nd of 1,044 (42nd percentile, 2 stars), and in 2025–2026 it jumped to 98th of 1,039 — roughly the 91st percentile, or the top 9.4% of ranked schools, with 5 stars. That is a 718-position rise in two years.

Test results tell the same story. In 2025–2026, all six reported Forward Exam proficiency rates were above both district and state averages. Fourth grade Social Studies led at 88.89%, which was 23.38 percentage points above the state; 3rd grade English Language Arts (76.92%) was 24.84 points above the state; Science reached 77.78% and 4th grade Mathematics 61.11%. Every subject-grade area improved year over year, with the average gain around 24.5 percentage points. The most dramatic jumps were 4th grade Science (+36.87 points) and 4th grade Mathematics (+33.84 points), both of which had been below state averages the year before. ELA had already been above the state in both tested grades in 2024–2025 and extended that lead.

Beyond test scores, chronic absenteeism was 12.7% in 2024–2025 — below the district’s 16.5% and the state’s 17.3%. The school reports a student-teacher ratio of 10.3 and per-student spending of $16,265, though no district or state comparisons for those are provided. Because enrollment is only 125 students in PK–4, grade-level cohorts are small, so a handful of students can shift percentages sharply; the gains are notable, but the exact size should be read with that caution. Even so, the school’s 2025–2026 ranking at the 91st percentile with 5 stars stands well above its district’s 136th-of-432, 3-star profile.