Summary:
ZIP code 53092 covers Mequon, Wisconsin, and contains just one public high school: Homestead High, a grades 9–12 campus with 1,204 students in the Mequon-Thiensville School District. Because it is the only high school in this area, there is no in-town comparison — the meaningful benchmarks are its own district and the state of Wisconsin.
Homestead is a consistently top-tier school. It earned 5 stars in all three years of rank history and stayed in the 95th–96th percentile statewide, ranking 25th of 533 schools in 2025–26, 20th of 431 in 2024–25, and 16th of 431 in 2023–24. Its district ranks 13th of 432 districts in Wisconsin, or the 97th percentile. The graduation rate is 98.4%, above the state's 92.0%, with a 0.0% dropout rate compared with 1.1% statewide. Test scores sit far above state averages in every subject: in 2025–26, 10th graders reached 74.28% proficiency in Mathematics (+31.35 points over the state), 72.10% in Science (+28.90), 71.38% in English Language Arts (+22.91), and 65.22% in Social Studies (+16.97). Math posted the biggest year-over-year gain, up 6.16 points from 68.12%, while Social Studies fell 3.76 points and is now the only subject below 70%. School and district scores match exactly, reflecting Homestead as the district's high-school data point.
Chronic absenteeism is the main relative watch item: at 8.2%, it is less than half the state's 17.3% but 2.8 points above the district's 5.4%. Additional context for the strong outcomes includes 12.04% free/reduced lunch, $15,806 per-student spending, and a 16.5 student-teacher ratio.
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