Summary:
ZIP code 54819 covers Bruce, Wisconsin, where three public schools — Bruce Elementary, Bruce Middle, and Bruce High — serve grades PK through 12 on one shared campus at 104 W Washington Ave, all under the Bruce School District, with a combined enrollment of 388 students.
The three schools perform very differently. Bruce High is the relative bright spot: it ranked 278 of 533 (48th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025-26 after reaching the 65th percentile in 2024-25, and its 92.1% graduation rate matches the state's 92.0%. Bruce Middle shows the sharpest decline, falling from 84th percentile and 4 stars in 2023-24 to 23rd percentile and 1 star in 2025-26; its 2024-25 results included 75% proficiency in 8th-grade Social Studies and 60% in 8th-grade Math, but by 2025-26 every listed middle-school score was below state. Bruce Elementary has stayed in the bottom 14–20th percentile with 1 star for three straight years, with 2025-26 gaps such as 4th-grade ELA at 18.75% versus the state's 53.87%.
The district is small and high-poverty: free/reduced lunch eligibility ranges from 94.83% to 100%, with Bruce Middle at 100%. Per-pupil spending runs from $16,930 to $20,231, and student-teacher ratios are around 10:1. Chronic absenteeism is below the state's 17.3% at all three schools, though Bruce High at 15.9% is above the district's 12.6%. Dropout rates are 1.7% at the high school and 2.1% at the middle school, compared with 1.1% statewide. With only 73 and 116 students, the middle and high schools have small cohorts, so year-to-year changes can be volatile.
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