Summary:
ZIP code 53089 in Sussex, Wisconsin is home to six public schools — three elementary, two middle, and one high school — serving about 4,424 students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. Five of the schools belong to the Hamilton School District (4,014 students), while Richmond Elementary is the only school in the Richmond School District (410 students). Both districts rank in the top 1% of Wisconsin districts, at 11th and 14th of 432, each with 5 stars. The largest school is Hamilton High (1,577 students); the smallest is Richmond Elementary (410).
Every school is either 5-star or sits in a 5-star district, but they stand out for different reasons. Hamilton High ranks 13 of 533 (98th percentile, 5 stars), with a 98.5% graduation rate versus the state's 92.0%. Richmond Elementary, a PK–8 school, ranks 49 of 1,039 and has both the lowest free/reduced-lunch rate (1.46%) and the lowest per-student spending ($13,077) in the ZIP. Woodside Elementary is the clearest improver, moving from a 4-star, 89th-percentile rank in 2023–2024 to 5 stars and the 96th percentile in 2025–2026. Maple Avenue Elementary also ranks 96th percentile despite having the highest free/reduced-lunch rate at 17.94%. Templeton Middle remains 5-star (38 of 643) but slipped from 14 of 628 the prior year, with grade 8 Social Studies falling from 92.65% to 85.85%.
Chronic absenteeism ranges from 3.2% at Silver Spring Intermediate to 7.8% at Hamilton High — all far below the state's 17.3%. Every reported test exceeds the matching state average, with school averages running roughly 22 to 27 points higher. Social Studies is a repeated standout: Maple Avenue grade 4 at 92.05%, Woodside grade 4 at 89.29%, and Richmond grade 8 at 88.64%, compared with state values of 65.51% and 64.63%. One outlier: Richmond Elementary reports a 3.5% dropout rate versus the state's 1.1%.
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