Summary:
Zip code 54814 has two elementary schools, both in the Bayfield School District: Bayfield Elementary (grades PK–5, 189 students) and La Pointe Elementary (grades K–6, 11 students). The shared district is ranked 419 out of 432 Wisconsin districts, in the 3rd percentile, with 0 stars.
Bayfield Elementary is the larger, more data-rich school, but its results are consistently low. Its rank history runs 957 of 1,039 (8th percentile, 0 stars) in 2025–2026, 975 of 1,044 (7th percentile) in 2024–2025, and 967 of 1,061 (9th percentile) in 2023–2024. In 2025–2026, 4th grade math proficiency was 0%, 4th grade ELA 3.85%, 4th grade science 3.85%, and 4th grade social studies 19.23%, all well under state rates. Bright spots include 3rd grade ELA at 42.86% and 2024–2025 4th grade social studies at 44.44%. Results swing sharply year to year — 3rd grade ELA rose from 4% to 42.86% while 4th grade math fell from 18.52% to 0% — which is common with small grade-level groups. Chronic absenteeism is 38.7%, above the state's 17.3%.
La Pointe Elementary serves just 11 students and looks very different operationally: 27.27% free/reduced lunch versus Bayfield's 64.02%, lower chronic absenteeism at 27.3%, a student-teacher ratio of 6.8 versus 9.1, and $46,384 per-student spending versus $31,364. It has no test-score or rank rows in this data, so its academic performance cannot be evaluated here — that absence is not 0% proficiency. Parents comparing the two should focus on enrollment size, attendance, poverty indicators, spending, and class size rather than achievement, since only Bayfield has measurable test results.
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