Best Public Schools in Zip Code 54940

ZIP code 54940 is served by a single school: Fremont STEM Academy Inc., a small middle school for grades 5–8 located in Fremont, Wisconsin, and part of the Weyauwega-Fremont School District. With only 34 students enrolled, it is one of the smallest schools in the area, and that small size matters a great deal when reading its test scores. Because so few students are tested in each grade, a single student's result can move a grade-level proficiency rate by 10–25 percentage points, so year-to-year changes should be read with caution.

The school's strongest showing in 2025–2026 is in English Language Arts, where every tested grade scored above the state average: 5th grade at 66.67% (state 53.63%), 6th at 57.14% (state 54.95%), 7th at 66.67% (state 55.33%), and 8th at 66.67% (state 54.38%). Other indicators are also encouraging. The dropout rate is 0.0, compared with 0.7% for the district and 1.1% for the state, and chronic absenteeism is 9.1% — roughly half the state rate of 17.3%, though higher than the district's 6.0%. Resources look solid as well, with $18,042 in per-student spending, an 11.3:1 student-teacher ratio, and 38.24% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Overall, the school ranked 267 of 643 in 2025–2026, placing it at the 58th percentile with 3 stars — above the state median, but slightly behind the district's 62nd percentile.

Mathematics is the clear area of concern. Grades 5 and 6 fall below both district and state: 5th grade math at 44.44% (district 69.84%, state 51.81%) and 6th grade math at 42.86% (district 55.74%, state 53.6%). Only 7th grade math, at 58.33%, tops the state average of 55.67%. In 8th grade, social studies is 66.67% (above the state's 64.63% but below the district's 68.25%), and science is 50%, just under the district's 50.79% and the state's 51.86%. The larger pattern is volatility: 7th grade ELA rose dramatically from 16.67% to 66.67%, while 6th grade math fell from 91.67% to 42.86%. For parents, the takeaway is a small school with strong reading results, low absenteeism, and ample resources, but with math as the clear priority.