Summary:
ZIP code 54984 has exactly one elementary school: Wild Rose Elementary in Wild Rose, Wisconsin, a PK–5 school with 276 students in the Wild Rose School District. Because there is only one school here, the useful comparisons are against the district, the state, and the school's own past years. The context numbers look favorable: a student-teacher ratio of 11.6 suggests relatively small classes, per-student spending is $13,985, and 47.1% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Most notably, chronic absenteeism in 2024–2025 was just 6.9%, well below the district's 9.5% and far below the state's 17.3%.
Academically, 2024–2025 was an exceptional year. Wild Rose Elementary beat the state average in all 8 reported Forward Exam tests, often by wide margins: Science (4th grade) 74.36% vs. 50.83%, ELA (4th grade) 71.79% vs. 52.21%, Social Studies (4th grade) 82.05% vs. 63.65%, and Mathematics (5th grade) 70.00% vs. 52.58%. That year it ranked 234 of 1,044 schools — 78th percentile, 4 stars. In 2025–2026 the results were more mixed: the school still topped the state in 6 of 8 tests, but by much smaller margins, and 4th grade fell below state in ELA (51.02% vs. 53.87%) and Mathematics (46.94% vs. 52.87%). The rank slipped to 435 of 1,039 — 58th percentile, 3 stars.
Overall, the school declined year-over-year in 7 of 8 comparable tests; the only gain was 3rd grade ELA, up from 61.22% to 69.05%. Tracking the same groups of students as they moved up grades also shows lower ELA and math results, so the dip looks real rather than just a change in which students were tested. With small grade-level cohorts, single-year swings can be volatile, and the 3-star, 4-star, 3-star rank history shows that. Parents should take away that this is a small school with strong attendance and proven above-state performance in 2024–2025, plus a 2025–2026 decline — especially in 4th grade ELA and math — worth watching.
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