Summary:
ZIP code 54865 covers Port Wing, Wisconsin, a small community on the shore of Lake Superior, and this data set contains exactly one elementary school serving it: South Shore Elementary, a PK–6 school with 102 students in the South Shore School District. Because it is the only elementary school in the area, families here have a single public option, and it is a strong one: the district ranks 94th of 432 Wisconsin districts (78th percentile, 4 stars), and the school has climbed from 276th of 1,061 ranked schools in 2023–2024 to 151st of 1,039 in 2025–2026 — moving from the top 26% to the top 15% while earning 4 stars each year.
Proficiency is consistently above state averages. In 2024–2025, all 10 reported grade/subject tests beat the state; in 2025–2026, 9 of 10 did, with only 3rd-grade mathematics below. The school's unweighted average was 73.33 versus the state's 54.65 in 2025–2026, and 72.75 versus 53.83 the year before. Science and social studies stand out most: 4th-grade science hit 100.00% proficiency against the state's 53.46%, and 4th-grade social studies reached 93.33% versus 65.51%. Mathematics is strong overall (68.75 average vs. the state's 53.26) but uneven by grade — 4th-grade math jumped +32.12 points to 86.67%, while 3rd-grade math fell −34.62 points to 50.00%.
The main counter-signal is chronic absenteeism: 23.8% at the school, higher than the district's 18.4% and the state's 17.3% — roughly one in four students. Context looks otherwise favorable, with per-student spending of $23,215, a low student-teacher ratio of 9.9, and 49.02% of students qualifying for free/reduced-price lunch. Notably, district-level results are identical to school-level results for every reported assessment, so these figures represent the whole district at these grades. With only 102 students in PK–6, tested grades hold small cohorts, so single-year swings can reflect a student or two rather than a real change — read the three-year upward trend as the better signal.
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