Magee Elementary, Two Rivers WI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Magee Elementary

Magee Elementary serves students from prekindergarten through fourth grade in Two Rivers, a small Lake Michigan city with a working-class maritime heritage and an older, stable population. The school sits within the city’s compact residential fabric rather than on a separated campus, sharing the same neighborhood streets as homes and other civic buildings. The student body draws primarily from the surrounding community, and about a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the district’s broad economic mix.

The school’s enrollment is large enough for each grade to form multiple classrooms—kindergarten through fourth grade each have sizable groups—and the student population is predominantly white, with modest shares of Hispanic and Asian students and smaller representations of Black and multiracial students. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the records we reviewed, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those support structures.

State testing covers grades three and four in the Wisconsin Forward assessments. In math, a little more than half of third graders and just over half of fourth graders scored at proficient or above. In English language arts, about half of fourth graders reached that level, while third graders were a bit lower. Science in fourth grade showed half of students at proficiency, and social studies in fourth grade was slightly stronger. Taken together, Magee’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades lands above the midpoint among the six districts in Manitowoc County—a solidly middle-of-the-pack showing for the region. Participation rates were full, so the results reflect nearly every student in those grades.

Because the school ends at fourth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and chronic absenteeism data was not available in the materials we had. The district itself recently implemented an elementary realignment, reorganizing how students are assigned to schools. Families moving into the area or considering a boundary change may want to confirm how that realignment affects attendance for Magee.

The community context is modest but steady. Two Rivers has a historic downtown near the harbor, Lake Michigan beaches, a bike trail, and cultural anchors like the Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum. Housing values are in line with small-city Midwest norms, and rents are similarly moderate. The population appears stable with a noticeable share of older residents, and fewer than a quarter of households have children under eighteen. That suggests a relatively mature neighborhood feel, with school-age families forming a distinct but not dominant segment of the city.

For a parent considering Magee Elementary, the picture is that of a neighborhood school with typical academic results for its county, serving a community that is older and slow-growing but with accessible housing and a defined set of local amenities. The elementary realignment is a recent structural change worth understanding, and the absence of detailed special-population data means a conversation with the school about supports for students with disabilities or language needs would be worthwhile. There is nothing flashy here, but the school appears to function as a stable, mid-range option within the Two Rivers district.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 356%

School 56% · District 51% · ▲ 5 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 42% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 347%

School 47% · District 44% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 453%

School 53% · District 41% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Science

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 40% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 457%

School 57% · District 49% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

This schoolTwo Rivers Public School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income37%Higher-income50%13 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income46%Higher-income57%11 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income53%Higher-income58%5 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income46%Higher-income55%8 pp gap