Summary:
Zip code 53072 is home to one public high school: Pewaukee High, which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls about 889 students at 510 Lake St in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. It is the only high school in the Pewaukee School District, so the school's results and the district's results are effectively the same numbers — there are no other local high schools to compare it against.
By nearly every measure, this is one of Wisconsin's strongest high schools. It ranked 20th of 533 high schools statewide in 2025‑26 — the 96th percentile — and earned a 5‑star rating in each of the last three years, improving from the 94th to the 93rd to the 96th percentile. The district ranks 26th of 432. Graduation sits at 98.1% versus 92.0% statewide, the dropout rate is 0.2% versus 1.1%, and chronic absenteeism is 11.3% versus 17.3%. Tenth-grade proficiency in 2025‑26 was 79.34 in English language arts (state 48.47), 76.53 in science (43.20), 71.83 in math (42.93), and 64.68 in social studies (48.25) — margins of 16 to 33 points above the state in every subject.
Two things are worth watching. Social studies proficiency fell 8.56 points in 2025‑26 while the three ACT subjects gained 7.5 to 15.6 points; statewide scores barely moved, so these swings reflect this school rather than a state trend. Also, chronic absenteeism at the high school (11.3%) runs 3.4 points above the district's average (7.9%) — the one measure where the school trails its own district. For context, 10.8% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, spending is $15,450 per student, and the student-teacher ratio is 15:1.
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