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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 54901

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At a glance

Schools

1,650

Students

Top rankedE Cook Elementary828^th of 1,039 Wisconsin elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Oaklawn Elementary up 78 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Zip code 54901 is home to four elementary schools — Menominee Elementary School, Oaklawn Elementary, Read Elementary, and E Cook Elementary — all serving grades K–5 and all part of the Oshkosh Area School District. Together they enroll 1,650 students, with Menominee the largest at 573 and E Cook the smallest at 278. The district ranks 335th of 432 in Wisconsin, in the 22nd percentile with 1 star, and each of the four schools is also currently rated 1 star.

Within this group, E Cook Elementary is the strongest relative performer: the best 2025–26 rank (20th percentile), the highest average proficiency (about 38.3%), and the lowest chronic absenteeism (15.4%). Oaklawn Elementary is the clear improvement story, gaining 8.9 percentage points in average proficiency and moving from the 12th to the 19th percentile while spending the least ($15,310) and having the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (63.46%). Menominee Elementary School has the most resources — the highest spending ($18,935) and smallest classes (10.6 students per teacher) — but ranks third in proficiency and has slipped from a 2-star, 39th-percentile school in 2023–24 to 1 star. Read Elementary is the most challenged, with the lowest rank (13th percentile), lowest proficiency (about 30.7%), highest chronic absenteeism (23.6%), and highest free/reduced lunch rate (69.45%).

Across all four schools, no 2025–26 tested area meets the state average, and none meets the district average either. Chronic absenteeism generally moves opposite to proficiency: the school with the lowest absenteeism has the highest scores, and the school with the highest absenteeism has the lowest. Spending and class size show no clear link to better results in this small set, and grade-level strengths differ — E Cook leads most upper-grade and science/social studies results, while Oaklawn leads 3rd grade ELA and math and 4th grade math.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Forward Exam English Language Arts (2026)			Forward Exam Mathematics (2026)			Forward Exam Social Studies (2026)	Forward Exam Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Forward Exam English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 4th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 5th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 3rd Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 4th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 5th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 4th Grade	Forward Exam Science 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
E Cook Elementary	Public	K-5	1600 Hazel St	Oshkosh	54901	Winnebago County	Oshkosh Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 424-0152	278	21	13.2	64.4%	145 (52.2%)	59 (21.2%)	22 (7.9%)	17 (6.1%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	33 (11.9%)	26	828^th of 1039 public elementary schools	20.3%		27	827^th of 1044 public elementary schools	20.8%	1	27.3	30.0	40.0	38.6	30.0	37.5	56.7	46.7	$15,649	$1,079	$14,571
Oaklawn Elementary	Public	K-5	112 Viola Ave	Oshkosh	54901	Winnebago County	Oshkosh Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 424-0170	416	33	12.7	63.5%	211 (50.7%)	56 (13.5%)	41 (9.9%)	77 (18.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.7%)	23.5	843^rd of 1039 public elementary schools	18.9%		13.2	921^st of 1044 public elementary schools	11.8%	78	38.8	25.3	29.4	44.8	30.7	29.4	56.0	37.3	$15,310	$1,648	$13,662
Read Elementary	Public	K-5	1120 Algoma Blvd	Oshkosh	54901	Winnebago County	Oshkosh Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 424-0172	383	36	10.7	69.5%	152 (39.7%)	94 (24.5%)	46 (12.0%)	30 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (15.9%)	15.7	901^st of 1039 public elementary schools	13.3%		18.4	883^rd of 1044 public elementary schools	15.4%	18	31.8	28.8	34.6	31.8	22.0	29.1	37.3	30.0	$15,976	$1,403	$14,573
Menominee Elementary School	Public	K-5	915 Hazel Street	Oshkosh	54901	Winnebago County	Oshkosh Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 808-6440	573	54	10.6	68.4%	317 (55.3%)	92 (16.1%)	65 (11.3%)	20 (3.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (13.4%)	22.1	852^nd of 1039 public elementary schools	18.0%		21.5	863^rd of 1044 public elementary schools	17.3%	11	37.9	27.4	36.4	43.7	29.5	27.3	41.1	42.1	$18,935	$1,270	$17,665

Cities Near Zip Code 54901

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Oshkosh	0.63 mi	19	376^th
Winnebago	4.11 mi	4
Neenah	9.69 mi	11	151^st
Omro	10.11 mi	4	139^th
Winneconne	10.39 mi	3	48^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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