Best High Schools in Brookfield, WI

The city of Brookfield, Wisconsin is home to three high schools that consistently rank among the top performers in the state. Brookfield East High and Brookfield Central High are standout schools, both earning a 5-out-of-5 star rating from SchoolDigger and ranking 13th and 21st, respectively, out of 431 Wisconsin high schools for the 2024-2025 school year. Meanwhile, Fairview South is a smaller high school serving grades 5-12 within the Elmbrook School District.

Brookfield East High and Brookfield Central High boast impressive metrics, including 91.0% four-year graduation rates and very low dropout rates of just 1.3% for the 2023-2024 school year. Their students consistently outperform state and district averages on standardized tests, such as the Forward Exam and ACT. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 75.57% of Brookfield East High's 10th-grade students were proficient or better in Social Studies, compared to the district average of 73.71% and the state average of 47.67%. These schools also have relatively low percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 7.94% and 11.18%, respectively, and small student-teacher ratios of 16.7 and 15.8 for the 2023-2024 school year.

While the data for Fairview South is more limited, it shows a 1.3% dropout rate and 17.7% chronic absenteeism for the 2023-2024 school year. Fairview South's small size is reflected in its very low student-teacher ratio of 0.5. Overall, the Elmbrook School District, which encompasses all three high schools, is ranked 11th out of 426 school districts in Wisconsin and is rated 5 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger, indicating the district as a whole is performing exceptionally well.