Summary:
ZIP code 54748 is home to a single elementary school: Jim Falls Elementary, which serves grades K–5 and enrolls 117 students as part of the Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District. Because it is the only elementary school in the area, there are no local schools to compare it against, so the most useful benchmarks are the district and state averages, along with the school's own performance over the past three years.
Math is the school's clear academic strength. In 2025–2026, Jim Falls Elementary beat the state average in math at every tested grade — 64.71% in 3rd grade, 62.5% in 4th grade, and 61.11% in 5th grade — for a math average of 62.8%, above both the district (60.0%) and the state (53.1%). The single highest test result in the data was 4th grade math in 2024–2025 at 84.21%. English language arts is the weaker area: the 2025–2026 ELA average was 49.1%, below the district (55.6%) and state (53.2%), with 5th grade ELA at 44.44% trailing the district by nearly 14 points. Fourth grade science and social studies both improved year over year (science 42.11% to 50%, social studies 57.89% to 62.5%), though science still sits below the state average.
Attendance is the standout metric: chronic absenteeism in 2024–2025 was 0.0%, compared with 14.5% in the district and 17.3% statewide. The school's statewide ranking improved from 44th percentile in 2024–2025 to 48th percentile in 2025–2026 (2 stars), but remains below its 2023–2024 result of 65th percentile and 3 stars. With 117 students, grade-level percentages can swing sharply from year to year, and the school reports a 13.4 student-teacher ratio, 27.35% free/reduced lunch participation, and $17,638 in per-student spending.
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