Summary:
ZIP code 54703 covers Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where two public high schools serve students: North High, a large 9–12 comprehensive school with 1,567 students, and McKinley Charter School, a small 6–12 charter with 74 students. Both belong to the Eau Claire Area School District. The district is rated 225 of 432, 48th percentile, 2 stars, but that district-wide figure falls between two very different school-level results and should not be read as both schools performing alike. McKinley also has no Social Studies score listed for 2025–2026 and only one year of ranking and test data, so trends are limited.
North High is the stronger school on most measures. It ranks 194 of 533, 64th percentile, 3 stars, and its percentile has climbed from 53rd to 61st to 64th over three years. Its graduation rate of 92.6% edges district (92.4%) and state (92.0%), and its dropout rate of 0.8% is below both. In 2025–2026 ACT results, North beat the state in ELA, Math, and Science, though it stayed below district averages in every subject. Science rose sharply (42.86% to 50.49%), while ELA fell (57.43% to 52.10%). Chronic absenteeism, at 27.2%, is still above district (16.4%) and state (17.3%).
McKinley Charter School is the extreme outlier: rank 530 of 533, 1st percentile, 0 stars. Graduation is 87.6%, dropout 13.4% — more than 12 points above district and state, and roughly 16.75 times North's rate. Chronic absenteeism is 60.0%, about 6 in 10 students, more than triple district and state. ACT ELA, Math, and Science are reported at 0%; with only 74 students in grades 6–12, the 10th-grade test-taking group is likely tiny, so read those figures cautiously. Notably, McKinley spends $23,776 per student versus North's $14,129 and has a lower student-teacher ratio (9.2 vs 16.8), while its free/reduced lunch rate is 4.05% against North's 41.16% — patterns the data alone do not explain.
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