Summary:
ZIP code 54658 has exactly one elementary school: Stoddard Elementary, a PK–5 school of about 105 students in the De Soto Area School District in Wisconsin. Because it is the only elementary school in the area, everything parents need to know comes down to this one school's strengths and weak spots.
On the 2025-2026 Forward Exam, reading and writing (ELA) were the bright spots. Fifth-grade ELA proficiency was 70.59% and third-grade ELA was 58.82%, both above the district and the state, while fourth-grade ELA was 53.33%, right around the state level. Math is the clear concern: third-grade math came in at 29.41% and fourth-grade math at 40.00%, both well below the state, though fifth-grade math at 52.94% was slightly above it. Fourth-grade social studies was strong at 66.67%, above the district and state, but fourth-grade science fell from 72.22% the year before to 46.67%, now above the district but below the state. The school's overall proficiency average slipped from about 60.0% to 52.3%, and its rating moved from the 64th percentile with 3 stars to the 44th percentile with 2 stars.
Attendance is a real strength: chronic absenteeism was just 4.5%, compared with 9.9% in the district and 17.3% statewide. About 23.81% of students qualified for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending was $17,247, and the student-teacher ratio was a low 12.1. The district itself ranks in the 31st percentile with 2 stars, so the school holds up well against its own district even while trailing the state. With only about 105 students, a handful of children can swing a grade-level percentage, so parents should watch multi-year trends in math and science rather than one year's numbers.
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