Summary:
Zip code 53051 is home to 7 schools — 5 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high school — serving about 4,364 students across two districts: the Menomonee Falls School District (6 schools) and the Hamilton School District (1 school). Every school with reported test data in this area outperforms the Wisconsin state average in every reported subject and grade, and all 7 schools have chronic absenteeism below the state's 17.3%. The high school, Menomonee Falls High, posts a 98.4% graduation rate versus the state's 92.0% and a 0.3% dropout rate versus 1.1%.
Marcy Elementary in the Hamilton district is the clear academic standout: a 5-star school ranked 23rd of 1,039 statewide (98th percentile), with proficiency rates roughly 25–35 points above the state in several subjects, the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (11.07%), the lowest spending per student ($14,083), and the lowest absenteeism (4.3%). Among the Menomonee Falls elementaries, Valley View Elementary is the strongest improvement story, rising from the 77th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 86th percentile in 2025–2026 despite having the zip's highest poverty indicator (20.33%) and absenteeism (11.3%). Riverside Elementary serves the same grades 3–5 but trails slightly, with an average proficiency of about 67.0 versus Valley View's 72.2. North Middle is solid and improving at the 78th percentile, though 8th grade ELA (55.33 vs state 54.38) is a relative weak spot compared with its standout 8th grade social studies (80.74 vs 64.63).
Benjamin Franklin Elementary and Early Learning Center and Shady Lane Elementary serve PK–2, so they have no recent state test scores because Wisconsin testing generally begins in grade 3; their rank histories are from 2014–2017 and are not comparable to current rankings. Shady Lane has the lowest absenteeism among Menomonee Falls elementaries at 9.5%. Notably, spending per student does not track with performance here — Marcy spends the least and scores the highest.
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