Summary:
ZIP code 53095 in West Bend, Wisconsin is home to two public high schools serving grades 9–12 — West High and East High — both part of the West Bend School District and both located at 1305 E Decorah Rd. Together they enroll 1,939 students, with West High the larger school at 1,085 students and East High at 854. The district itself ranks 125th of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 71st percentile with 4 stars.
East High is the clear academic standout. It ranks 100th of 533 schools for 2025–2026, placing in the 81st percentile with 4 stars, and it has held 4 stars across all three years of rank history. It performs above both the district and the state in every tested subject across both years, with math proficiency at 65.91% (22.98 points above the state) and ELA at 57.95%. Its graduation rate is 98.1% and its dropout rate 0.3%. West High is not weak statewide — it ranks 197th of 533 at the 63rd percentile with 3 stars, graduates 97.6%, and stays above the state in math and science. But it trails the district in all eight subject-year comparisons and slipped from 4 stars to 3 stars after 2023–2024; in 2025–2026 it was slightly below the state in Social Studies and ELA.
Both schools share real strengths: graduation rates far above the state's 92.0% and dropout rates of 0.4% or lower versus 1.1% statewide. One puzzle is attendance — East High's chronic absenteeism is 14.9% versus West's 12.4%, both above the district's 8.8% but below the state's 17.3%, yet East still posts stronger academic results. The schools serve nearly identical free/reduced lunch shares (West 25.9%, East 25.64%), but East spends $15,307 per student versus West's $13,679 and has a lower student-teacher ratio, 15.7 versus 19.7.
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