Summary:
There is one high school in the Pewaukee School District: Pewaukee High, serving grades 9–12 with 889 students at 510 Lake St in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. Families here are choosing among a single option, and it is a strong one. The district ranks 26th of 432 Wisconsin districts, placing it in the 94th percentile with 5 stars, and the school itself ranked 20th of 533 high schools in 2025–2026 — the 96th percentile, or roughly the top 4% of high schools statewide — with 5 stars. It has held 5 stars in each of the last three reported years (93rd percentile in 2024–2025, 94th in 2023–2024).
Outcomes for students are excellent. The graduation rate is 98.1%, compared with 92.0% statewide, and the dropout rate is just 0.2% versus 1.1% statewide. Chronic absenteeism is 11.3%, well below the state's 17.3%, though it is higher than the district-wide figure of 7.9%. Because the district figure includes other grade levels, this is the one number worth watching, as absenteeism appears somewhat more concentrated at the high school level.
Test proficiency exceeds the state in every reported subject. In 2025–2026, science stood at 76.53% proficient versus 43.20% statewide, English Language Arts at 79.34% versus 48.47%, mathematics at 71.83% versus 42.93%, and social studies at 64.68% versus 48.25%. English Language Arts, science, and mathematics posted large year-over-year gains of +13.50, +15.64, and +7.47 points, while social studies declined 8.56 points from 73.24%, narrowing its lead over the state from +25.57 to +16.43 points. Social studies uses the Forward Exam while the other subjects use the ACT, so those comparisons are not perfectly equivalent. The school reports a 10.8% free/reduced-price lunch rate, $15,450 in per-student spending, and a 15:1 student-teacher ratio.
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