Best Public Schools in Zip Code 54757

ZIP code 54757 is served by three public schools — one elementary, one middle, and one high school — all part of the New Auburn School District and all sharing the same campus at 704 N East St in New Auburn, Wisconsin, with a combined enrollment of 280 students in grades PK–12.

New Auburn Elementary enrolls 132 students in PK–5 and has the area's best attendance (7.1% chronic absenteeism, well under the state's 17.3%) and a very low free/reduced lunch rate of 2.27%. Its bright spots are concentrated in 4th grade, where 2025-26 Math proficiency is 66.67% versus the state's 52.87% and Social Studies is 66.67% versus 65.51%, while ELA runs below state at every grade level. New Auburn Middle is the smallest school at 49 students in grades 6–8, and reports the lowest student-teacher ratio (6.9) and highest per-pupil spending ($19,180) in the group. Its 2025-26 8th-grade results are standout — Science at 80% versus 51.86% and Social Studies at 80% versus 64.63% — but Math is weak across all middle grades, from 36.84% in 6th down to 20% in 8th. New Auburn High, with 99 students in grades 9–12, has the strongest completion metrics: a 95.8% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate, both better than the state. Its 10th-grade Social Studies (64.71% versus 48.25%) and ACT Math (48.39% versus 42.93%) also beat state averages, though ACT ELA (29.03%) and ACT Science (35.48%) fall below them. The high school's rank has slid from 78th percentile with 4 stars in 2023-24 to 2 stars in the last two years.

Two contexts matter for families reading these numbers. First, these are very small schools and grade-level cohorts are tiny, so a one- or two-student swing can move a proficiency rate by several percentage points — treat single-year subject swings cautiously. Second, free/reduced lunch ranges only from 2.27% to 6.12% across the three schools, and chronic absenteeism is below the state at all three (7.1%, 11.8%, and 12.2%), even though the middle and high schools sit above the district's 9.9%. Notably, resources and results don't line up simply: the middle school has the smallest classes and the most spending but the weakest recent math; the high school has the largest classes but the strongest completion outcomes.