Best Public Schools in Zip Code 54636

ZIP code 54636 covers Holmen, Wisconsin, where six schools serve students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade: four elementaries (Prairie View Elementary, Sand Lake Elementary, Viking Elementary, and Evergreen Elementary, PK–5), one middle school (Holmen Middle, 6–8), and one high school (Holmen High, 9–12). All belong to Holmen School District, which enrolls 3,611 students here and ranks 138th of 432 Wisconsin districts with 3 stars.

Holmen Middle is the standout, ranking 103rd of 643 schools in 2025–26 (84th percentile, 4 stars) and staying at or above the 83rd percentile for three straight years. Its 8th-grade social studies proficiency of 86.51% and 8th-grade math of 74.67% far exceed state averages, and chronic absenteeism is only 2.1%. Holmen High also earns 4 stars (79th percentile, 114th of 533), with a 96.4% graduation rate and 0.9% dropout rate, both better than the state. Its chronic absenteeism of 10.4%, however, is roughly five times Holmen Middle's rate and far above the other Holmen schools, though still below the state's 17.3%.

Elementary results are mixed. Sand Lake Elementary (65th percentile) has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 10.9 and strong 4th-grade science (69.12%) and 3rd-grade reading and math, but its 4th-grade math (45.59%) trails the state. Prairie View Elementary (61st percentile) excels in social studies (75.29%) and reading, and Viking Elementary (62nd percentile) beats state averages in reading, science, and math despite the highest free/reduced lunch rate (31.55%). Evergreen Elementary has the lowest absenteeism (0.9%) and highest per-student spending ($17,761), yet the lowest elementary proficiency and a rank that fell from the 86th percentile to the 52nd. Prairie View and Viking also declined, leaving Sand Lake the only elementary trending up.