Summary:
ZIP code 54971 in Ripon, Wisconsin, is served by five schools in the Ripon Area School District—four traditional schools plus one alternative/virtual option—covering PK–12 across elementary, middle, and high grades. The traditional path is Barlow Park Elementary School (PK–2), Murray Park Elementary (3–5), Ripon Middle (6–8), and Ripon High (9–12), while Odyssey Academy of Virtual Learning serves PK–12. Total enrollment is 1,548, with school sizes ranging from 156 to 426.
For parents comparing academics, Ripon Middle stands out: its 2025–2026 school rank is 126 of 643, 80th percentile, 4 stars, and its 8th-grade math score is 76.42% vs state 53.67%. Murray Park Elementary is the most improved, moving from 38th percentile and 2 stars in 2023–2024 to 67th percentile and 3 stars in 2025–2026; all listed 2025–2026 tests are above state, and chronic absenteeism is exceptionally low at 1.3%, despite the highest free/reduced-lunch rate, 46.79%. Ripon High has a 99.0% graduation rate, 0.7% dropout rate, and ACT math proficiency of 57.30% vs state 42.93%.
Across the ZIP, chronic absenteeism is a clear strength: every school is below the state’s 17.3%, from Murray Park Elementary’s 1.3% to Ripon High’s 8.7%. Odyssey Academy of Virtual Learning is the most variable: 100.0% graduation and 2.9% absenteeism, but a 7.9% dropout rate and test scores ranging from 90.00% in 8th-grade ELA to 14.29% in 3rd-grade math. Per-student spending ranges from $11,957 at Odyssey to $16,628 at Ripon High, and student-teacher ratios from 11.1 at Murray Park to 25.8 at Odyssey. Overall, the district is rated 3 stars and 56th percentile, but Ripon Middle and Ripon High have recently shown 4-star results.
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