Maple Avenue Elementary

Maple Avenue Elementary is a K–4 school in Sussex, WI, serving 457 students in the Hamilton School District, a highly ranked district where Maple Avenue has historically been one of its strongest schools. It has earned 5 stars every year shown and remains a top-5% Wisconsin school, though its 2025–2026 rank of 44th of 1,039 (96th percentile) is a modest step back from the top-25 ranks in 2024–2025 and 2023–2024.

Test results show a clear split. Fourth grade is a strength: social studies is 92.05% proficient, above the district and state and above same-district peers Marcy Elementary, Lannon Elementary, and Woodside Elementary; science is 86.36%, also near the top. Third grade is the relative weak spot in 2025–2026: ELA is 73% and math is 74%, below the district and all three same-district peers, though still far above state averages. That pattern looks cohort-specific rather than a whole-school decline. Among nearby schools, Swallow Elementary ranks 5th and Merton Primary 14th, while Maple Avenue remains clearly above Richmond Elementary, Amy Belle Elementary, Horizon School, and Valley View Elementary.

Chronic absenteeism is 7.1%, improved from prior years but higher than the district’s 5.9% and higher than Marcy, Lannon, and Woodside; it is still far below the state’s 17.3%. The free/reduced lunch rate is 17.94%, the highest among the district’s elementary peers, yet the school still produces near-top-of-region achievement. Special education students improved to the 88th percentile with 4 stars in 2025–2026. Per-student spending is $14,372 and the student–teacher ratio is 15.3, so spending and class size are not the main differentiators. Overall, Maple Avenue remains an excellent school; the main watch items are the 2025–2026 third-grade ELA/math dip, the slight overall rank decline, and absenteeism.