The top reported proficiency rate is 62% in Social studies. The lowest is 39% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Fairview Elementary
Fairview Elementary sits along Highway 32 in the unincorporated rural community of Krakow, part of the Pulaski Community School District. Krakow is a very small place, residential in character, with a post office and a Catholic church as its primary civic anchors, and its commercial activity has thinned to a single tavern alongside the church. Residents in this part of the district likely commute to Pulaski, Shawano, or the Green Bay area for work. The school serves students from prekindergarten through fifth grade, making it an elementary-only building; there is no graduation rate to report because the school does not serve high school grades. The community itself is small and stable, with little growth pressure, and no major new housing or commercial development is documented in available sources.
The student population at Fairview is relatively small, which is typical for a rural elementary. The classroom groups are small across the grade levels. The student body is predominantly white, a composition that reflects the surrounding community. A substantial share of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Information on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the data, so a parent wanting to understand the full range of support structures at the school would need to ask the school directly. The school does not appear to be a Title I school, though the data on that status was not reported either.
On state assessments, the Wisconsin Forward exam, the results show a mixed picture that varies by grade and subject. In third-grade math and English language arts, just under half of students scored at the proficient level or above. Fourth grade math was slightly stronger, while fourth grade English language arts was similar to third grade. Fifth graders performed stronger in both math and English language arts, with a clear majority reaching proficiency. Science results are available only for fourth grade, where about two in five students met the proficiency bar. Social studies is also tested only in fourth grade; here a majority of students were proficient. Across all tested subjects and grades, Fairview’s overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint when compared with other elementary schools in districts across Oconto County. The school’s small testing cohorts mean that a single year’s results can shift noticeably, but the pattern suggests that by fifth grade students are performing at a stronger level than in the earlier elementary years.
The Pulaski district, which Fairview is part of, has a recent pattern of voters approving recurring referendums that allow the district to exceed state revenue limits. The most recent, in spring 2024, was the largest in a series and authorizes additional local funding over a five-year period for educational programming, staff retention, student safety, and facilities maintenance. For families living in the district, this translates into direct property tax implications, and it signals that the community has chosen to invest more heavily in its schools through local levy, a fact that a resident considering the area would want to weigh.
The school sits in a rural setting with minimal street life or pedestrian infrastructure; driving is the practical way to reach it. There is no public transit in Krakow, and sidewalks are not present. Available sources from the past did note that Krakow historically had both a parochial school and a public school, but current information on whether those buildings remain in educational use is absent from the data. For a family looking at Fairview, the key considerations are its small scale, its rural location in a stable community with limited commercial services, the mixed but broadly improving trajectory of test results as students move through the elementary grades, and the broader district context of rising local funding through property tax referendums.
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