Summary:
ZIP code 54728 is home to four schools — Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High, and Link2Learn Virtual Charter School — all part of the Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District, serving students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade in and around Chetek, Wisconsin, with total listed enrollment of about 924 students. Roselawn Elementary is the largest school with 429 students, or about 46% of the ZIP's enrollment, followed by the high school at 254, the middle school at 204, and Link2Learn at just 37. As a district, the system ranks 315th of 432 in Wisconsin — the 27th percentile with 1 star — which sets a below-average backdrop for the individual schools.
Even so, there are real bright spots. The high school posts a 96.6% graduation rate, above both the district's 94.8% and the state's 92.0%, with a low 0.8% dropout rate. Roselawn Elementary has been consistently strong in Grade 4 social studies and science, beating state averages in both reported years, and had a strong Grade 4 ELA result in 2025–2026. The middle school's Grade 6 mathematics result, 66.67% versus the state's 53.60%, also stands out. However, the high school's rank fell from the 76th percentile and 4 stars in 2023–2024 to the 36th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026, and Roselawn slipped from 3 stars to 2 stars.
Three concerns stand out for families. Chronic absenteeism is high: 29.6% at the high school, 23.0% at the elementary, and 18.6% at the middle school, all above the state's 17.3%. Test results swing sharply by grade and subject — 2025–2026 Grade 8 ELA and mathematics at the middle school fell well below state, as did high school ACT Mathematics and Social Studies — and economic need is substantial, with free/reduced lunch rates from 36.61% to 44.99%. Link2Learn is a distinct, very small virtual case: 0.0% chronic absenteeism and dropout, but an 87.5% graduation rate below district and state averages.
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