Summary:
ZIP code 54642 in Melrose, Wisconsin, is served by a single elementary school: Melrose-Mindoro Elementary, which enrolls 399 students in grades PK–6 and belongs to the Melrose-Mindoro School District. Because it is the only elementary school in the area, there are no local school-to-school comparisons; the most useful benchmarks are the school's own results against its district and against the state of Wisconsin.
Attendance is this school's standout strength. Chronic absenteeism was just 2.3% in 2024-2025, far below the district's 4.3% and the state's 17.3%. Academically, mathematics is generally the stronger subject: in 2025-2026, 3rd-grade math reached 68.09% proficient and 5th-grade math 65.91%, both well above state levels, while 6th-grade math was 58.21%, also above the state. 3rd-grade English language arts was strong as well, at 63.83% versus the state's 52.08%. Across the listed grades, the unweighted math average was 56.94% compared with the state's 53.26%, while ELA averaged 51.93% against the state's 53.63%.
The main concern is 4th grade in 2025-2026, where proficiency fell below the state in every tested subject: ELA 33.33% vs 53.87%, math 35.56% vs 52.87%, science 35.56% vs 53.46%, and social studies 53.33% vs 65.51%. This aligns with the school's rating slipping from 3 stars to 2 stars, with its percentile rank falling from 57 in 2024-2025 to 44 in 2025-2026, though it still ranks above the district's 26th percentile and 1-star rating. For context, per-student spending was $16,234, the student-teacher ratio was 12.6, and 37.84% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch. No test scores in this data were suppressed.
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