Summary:
Zip code 53089, which covers Sussex, Wisconsin, contains three elementary schools serving roughly 1,323 students: Maple Avenue Elementary and Woodside Elementary, both K–4 schools in the Hamilton School District, plus Richmond Elementary, a PK–8 school in the Richmond School District. All three rank in the top 5% of Wisconsin schools and earned 5 stars in 2025–2026, and both districts rank in the top 15 of 432 statewide.
Woodside Elementary is the clearest improver, climbing from 120th of 1,061 three years ago to 40th of 1,039 now, with 4th grade math jumping from 67.02% to 82.14% and 4th grade ELA from 71.28% to 82.14%. It also has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 15.2 and the highest spending at $14,942 per student. Maple Avenue Elementary is the largest at 457 students and posts the strongest 2025–2026 4th grade math (84.09%), social studies (92.05%), and science (86.36%) results, though its 3rd grade ELA fell from 88.1% to 73% and math from 84.52% to 74%, and its chronic absenteeism of 7.1% is the highest of the three. Richmond Elementary has the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (1.46%), lowest absenteeism (3.4%), and lowest spending ($13,077), with strong upper-grade scores such as 8th grade ELA at 86.36% and 5th grade math at 86.96%; its 3.5% dropout rate stands out against the state's 1.1%.
Every reported proficiency figure at these schools exceeds the corresponding state average. Absenteeism is low across the board compared with the state's 17.3%, and per-student spending does not track neatly with outcomes — the lowest-spending school performs at a very high level. Note that Maple Avenue Elementary and Woodside Elementary are K–4 while Richmond Elementary is PK–8, so its broader grade range makes direct averages less comparable.
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