Summary:
ZIP code 54945 is home to a single elementary school: Iola-Scandinavia Elementary, serving grades PK through 6 with 293 students in Iola, Wisconsin, as part of the Iola-Scandinavia School District. Because it is the only elementary school in the area, there are no local school-to-school comparisons to make; the useful yardsticks are the state and the school’s own trend over time. The school ranked in the 54th percentile statewide in 2025–2026 and holds 3 stars, placing it above the state median.
Attendance is the clearest strength. Chronic absenteeism was just 7.5% in 2024–2025, less than half Wisconsin’s 17.3%. Academically, the strongest current results came in 4th-grade social studies (78.57% proficient vs. 65.51% statewide) and 4th-grade science (64.29% vs. 53.46%). Fifth-grade ELA was strong in both years (65.71% and 65.91%), and 5th-grade math jumped from 38.64% to 57.14%, moving from below state to above it. About 36.86% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $15,115, and the student-teacher ratio is 12.4.
Some results are less steady. Third-grade ELA fell to 40% in 2025–2026, below the state’s 52.08%, and 6th-grade math dropped to 45.65% against 53.60% statewide. Across all ten tested subjects, the school’s average slipped from roughly 7.3 points above state in 2024–2025 to about 2.5 points above in 2025–2026, and its rank eased from the 64th percentile to the 54th — still above its 50th-percentile mark two years earlier. These grade-level figures often reflect different cohorts of students, so year-to-year swings should be read with care. All listed test scores are exact percentages; none were suppressed.
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