Best Public Schools in Zip Code 54642

ZIP code 54642 is home to two public schools, both part of the Melrose-Mindoro School District: Melrose-Mindoro Elementary, serving grades PK–6 with 399 students, and Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High, serving grades 7–12 with 327 students. Together they enroll 726 students, with the elementary school holding about 55% of the total and the junior/senior high about 45%. There is no separate middle school in this ZIP code, so grades 7–8 are housed in the junior/senior high.

Both schools stand out for attendance and completion rather than test scores. Chronic absenteeism is just 2.3% at the elementary school and 6.5% at the junior/senior high, compared with 17.3% statewide. The junior/senior high also reports a 95.2% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate, both better than state figures of 92.0% and 1.1%. On academics, the elementary school's clearest strength is math: 3rd grade math (68.09%), 5th grade math (65.91%), and 6th grade math (58.21%) all beat state results, with 3rd grade ELA (63.83%) also above state. At the junior/senior high, 8th grade math (54.17%) is right at state level and 8th grade social studies (62.50%) is close behind.

Each school still carries a 2-star rating in 2025–2026, while the district as a whole is rated 1 star at 319 of 432. The junior/senior high's ACT results trail state in every subject tested — ELA 40.00%, math 32.73%, and science 38.18% — with ACT math the largest gap. At the elementary school, 4th grade is a clear weak spot, falling below state in every tested subject. Both schools have also slipped in recent rankings: the elementary school moved from 57th percentile in 2024–2025 to 44th in 2025–2026, and the junior/senior high went from 58th percentile in 2023–2024 to 37th in 2025–2026.