Best High Schools in Zip Code 53045

ZIP code 53045 contains exactly one high school: Fairview South, a Brookfield school serving grades 5–12 with just 9 students, located in the top-ranked Elmbrook School District. Because there is only one school in this ZIP, there is no within-area comparison to make; instead, the useful comparison is between this school, its district, and the state as a whole.

Fairview South is an unusually small, specialized setting that spans middle and high grades rather than following the traditional 9–12 high school model. Its reported dropout rate for 2024–2025 is 0.0%, matching the Elmbrook School District at 0.0% and below the state's 1.1%. Chronic absenteeism, however, is reported at 20.0%, which is well above the district's 3.1% and somewhat above the statewide 17.3%. About one-third of students (33.33%) qualify for free or reduced lunch. Per-student spending for 2022–2023 is exceptionally high at $84,113, and the reported student-teacher ratio for 2024–2025 is 1.

The district context is strong: Elmbrook School District ranks #9 of 432 Wisconsin districts, placing it in the 98th percentile with 5 stars. Parents should keep the school's size in mind when reading its numbers, since with only 9 students across eight grade levels, a single student can shift a rate dramatically — one dropout or one frequently absent student changes the picture substantially. Taken together, the profile suggests a very small, highly individualized program with low dropout, elevated absenteeism relative to its district and state, and very high per-pupil spending, all inside an otherwise top-performing district.