Summary:
ZIP code 54837 in northwestern Wisconsin is served by two schools in the Frederic School District: Frederic Elementary, serving PK–5 with 192 students, and Frederic 6–12 School, serving grades 6–12 with 214 students — about 406 students combined. There is no standalone middle school, so grades 6–8 are housed inside the 6–12 building. The district as a whole ranks 143 of 432 Wisconsin schools, at the 67th percentile with 3 stars, but that district-level rating hides a wide split between the two buildings.
Frederic 6–12 School is the standout. It climbed from the 33rd percentile (2 stars) in 2023–24 to the 54th percentile in 2024–25 and the 89th percentile (4 stars, 61 of 533) in 2025–26 — a 56 percentile-point gain in two years. In 2025–26 it beat the state in 10 of 12 listed test-score cells, including 10th-grade social studies at 77.78% vs. 48.25%, ACT math at 72.22% vs. 42.93%, and 6th-grade math at 70% vs. 53.6%. It also reported a 100% graduation rate vs. 92% statewide and a 0.5% dropout rate vs. 1.1%. The main counterweight is chronic absenteeism at 25.1%, above the district's 18.3% and the state's 17.3%, and ACT ELA came in below state at 44.44% vs. 48.47%.
Frederic Elementary has the ZIP's strongest attendance — 9.9% chronic absenteeism, well below district and state — but its academic rank slid from the 70th percentile (4 stars) in 2023–24 to 49th in 2024–25 and 37th (2 stars) in 2025–26. It fell below the state in 5 of 8 listed cells; 4th-grade math is the biggest concern at 31.03% vs. 52.87%, followed by 5th-grade ELA at 42.42% vs. 53.63%. Bright spots include 4th-grade social studies (72.41% vs. 65.51%) and 5th-grade math (57.58% vs. 51.81%). The current 5th grade is a cohort worth watching as it moves up.
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