Summary:
ZIP code 53095 is served by six schools — two elementary schools for grades K–4 (Decorah Elementary and McLane Elementary), two middle-level schools (Silverbrook Intermediate for grades 5–6 and Badger Middle for grades 7–8), and two high schools (West High and East High) — all within the West Bend School District, which ranks 125th of 432 Wisconsin districts (71st percentile, 4 stars). The six schools enroll 4,046 students, with 47.9% of them in the two high schools.
East High is the strongest high school here, ranking 100th of 533 (81st percentile, 4 stars) and beating West High in every tested subject: ELA 57.95 vs. 48.25, Math 65.91 vs. 55.64, Science 50.57 vs. 45.91, and Social Studies 53.29 vs. 48.03. McLane Elementary is the standout elementary: 75th percentile, 4 stars, the ZIP's lowest chronic absenteeism at 2.3%, and 4th grade proficiency of 72.06% in Math, 77.94% in Social Studies, and 70.59% in Science — despite the highest free/reduced-lunch rate at 35.29%. Silverbrook Intermediate posts the highest math figure in the 2025–26 data set, 74.47% in 6th grade, with just 4.5% absenteeism, and Badger Middle has held the 72nd percentile and 4 stars for three consecutive years.
The relative laggards are West High, which slipped from the 72nd percentile in 2023–24 to the 63rd percentile and 3 stars in 2025–26, and Decorah Elementary, down from the 77th to the 60th percentile and 3 stars. Chronic absenteeism rises sharply with grade level — McLane 2.3%, Silverbrook 4.5%, Decorah 5.8%, Badger 12.1%, West 12.4%, East 14.9% — all below the state's 17.3% but above the district's 8.8% at the three highest. Per-student spending ranges from $13,679 at West High to $16,000 at Decorah, where higher spending does not translate into a higher rank.
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