Summary:
ZIP code 54749 covers Knapp, Wisconsin, and is home to a single public school: Knapp Elementary, a PK–5 building with 91 students in the Menomonie Area School District. With only one school here, parents have a single option — and it ranks above the state median, at the 65th percentile with 3 stars in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. Its district, by contrast, sits in the 47th percentile with 2 stars, an 18-point gap that suggests the school is outperforming its district overall.
Achievement is a clear strength. Across the 2025–2026 Forward Exam, Knapp Elementary beat the district in 7 of 8 reported test areas and the state in 6 of 8; in 2024–2025 it beat both in 7 of 8. Simple averages of grade-level scores were about 63% at the school in both years, versus roughly 53–54% in the district and 54–55% statewide. Grade 4 is the standout: students topped district and state in ELA, math, social studies, and science both years, with social studies at 78.57% then 75% and science at 71.43% then 65%. Grade 5 math was also strong (68.75%, then 71.43%), and grade 3 ELA hit 80% in 2025–2026. Chronic absenteeism is low at 11.0%, well below the district's 15.3% and the state's 17.3%, and the student-teacher ratio of 9.2 is favorable.
Two areas are worth watching. Grade 3 math was below the state in both years (36.84%, then 50%) — improving, but still behind. Grade 5 ELA fell from 68.75% to 50%, dropping below district and state in 2025–2026, though that reflects a different group of students. The school's rating also stepped down from 4 stars/78th percentile in 2023–2024 to 3 stars/65th percentile, then held steady (366 of 1044, then 367 of 1039). With only 91 students, a student or two can shift a grade-level rate by several points, so single-year swings should be read cautiously.
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