Summary:
ZIP code 54736, which covers Durand, Wisconsin, has exactly one elementary school: Caddie Woodlawn Elementary, a PK–5 building at 650 Auth St serving 457 students as part of the Durand-Arkansaw School District. Since it is the only elementary school in the area, there is no local school-to-school comparison to make — the meaningful benchmark is the state of Wisconsin. The district as a whole ranks 285th of 432 in the state (34th percentile, 2 stars), while this elementary building placed at the 46th percentile in 2025-2026, a gap that favors the elementary.
The school's standout strengths are in math and attendance. Grade 5 math proficiency hit 75.41% in 2024-2025 (state: 52.58%) and 70.59% in 2025-2026 (state: 51.81%) — roughly 19 to 23 points above the state in back-to-back years. Grade 4 science also beat the state both years, and overall math averaged above the state in both years. Chronic absenteeism is just 8.1%, well below the district's 13.9% and the state's 17.3%, meaning fewer than half the state's rate. Class sizes are small (12.8:1 student-teacher ratio) and per-student spending is $14,089.
The clearest concern is Grade 3 math, which fell to 35.82% proficiency in 2025-2026 against a state figure of 54.75% — nearly 19 points behind, and a 19-point drop from the prior year's 54.84%. Grade 3 ELA also slipped to 47.76%, the only ELA grade below state. Grade 4 social studies has trailed the state in both years, though the gap narrowed from about 8 points to about 3. Ratings have been volatile: 3 stars in 2024-2025, then back to 2 stars in 2025-2026, with percentile standing of 46, 51, and 46 over three years. The priority to watch is the Grade 3 entry point, especially in math.
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