Summary:
ZIP code 54771 is home to one elementary school, Thorp Elementary, a PK–8 school with 321 students in Thorp, WI, part of Thorp School District. The district is ranked 328 of 432 statewide, putting it in the 24th percentile with 1 star. The school’s recent rank was 606 of 1,039 in 2025–2026 (42nd percentile, 2 stars), after being 275 of 1,061 (74th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024. It has 53.89% free/reduced lunch, spends $15,649 per student, and has an 11.7:1 student-teacher ratio.
Thorp Elementary has notable strengths. Social Studies is consistently strong: 4th grade scored 74.07% proficient in 2025–2026 vs 65.51% state, and 8th grade scored 73.81% vs 64.63%. Eighth-grade Science was 61.9% vs 51.86% state, and 6th-grade Math was 72.97% vs 53.6% state. Attendance is excellent: chronic absenteeism is 6.8% vs 17.3% state, and the dropout rate is 0.0% vs 1.1% state. Concerns include 7th-grade ELA and Math, both 25% vs state 55.33% and 55.67%; 5th-grade ELA at 28.21% vs 53.63%; and 8th-grade Math at 35.71% vs 53.67%.
Across 2025–2026, the school was below the district in 11 of 16 grade-level tests, equal in 2, and above in 3. Simple subject averages show ELA at 43.65% vs 54.04% state, Math at 46.70% vs 53.73%, Social Studies at 73.94% vs 65.07%, and Science at 53.17% vs 52.66%. Math and ELA averages weakened from 2024–2025, when Math was 58.40% and ELA 48.94%. Cohort tracking shows steep upper-grade Math drops, from 70.83% as 6th graders to 25% as 7th graders, and 69.77% as 7th graders to 35.71% as 8th graders. Because grades are small, percentages can swing sharply, so families should watch trends over multiple years.
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