Summary:
ZIP code 54982 contains four schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12 — two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — all within the Wautoma Area School District, which enrolls roughly 1,300 students and ranks 380th of 432 districts statewide (12th percentile, 1 star).
Among them, Parkside School is the largest (480 students, grades 4–8) and shows the strongest elementary-level results: 4th grade ELA and math run about 8–9 points above state, and it has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the ZIP at 9.1%. Its grades 6–8, however, fall well below state, and its rank percentile slipped from 43 to 35 to 26 over three years. Wautoma High posts a 100% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, both better than state, yet all four of its 2025–2026 ACT/Forward results are below state, with science ACT at 28.57% vs 43.2%. Riverview Elementary spends the most per student ($16,910) and has the smallest classes (11.8 students per teacher), but its 2025–2026 3rd grade math dropped to 37.93% vs 54.75% statewide. Redgranite Elementary is the smallest (130 students) with the highest free/reduced lunch rate (63.08%); its rank percentile improved from 16 to 19 to 23, though most scores remain far below state.
Common threads: chronic absenteeism is below the state's 17.3% at every school, and free/reduced lunch ranges from 54.38% to 63.08%, so poverty is a consistent context across the ZIP. Math is generally the weaker subject, while ELA is more mixed. The clearest positives are Parkside's grades 4–5, Redgranite's year-over-year gains, and Wautoma High's completion rates; the main concerns are Parkside's declining rank and weak upper grades, Wautoma High's recent proficiency drop, Riverview's score decline despite high spending, and Redgranite's persistent gaps.
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