Summary:
ZIP code 53097 contains one elementary school, Oriole Lane Elementary, serving grades PK–5 with 499 students in Mequon, Wisconsin, within the Mequon-Thiensville School District. The district ranks 13th of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 97th percentile with 5 stars, and the school is a 5-star school in all three years of rank history. Its latest 2025-2026 rank is 25th of 1,039 Wisconsin schools, the 98th percentile or top 2.4%, after 46th of 1,061 in 2023-2024 and 92nd of 1,044 in 2024-2025. Chronic absenteeism is 2.9%, versus 5.4% district and 17.3% statewide. Other context: 15.03% free/reduced lunch, $15,204 per-student spending, and a 14.2 student-teacher ratio in 2024-2025.
In 2025-2026, every listed test score exceeds the state score, and seven of eight exceed the district score. The only exception is 5th grade ELA at 73.53% versus the district’s 79.74%, though it is still 19.90 points above the state’s 53.63%. Standouts include 3rd grade Math at 95.45%, 3rd grade ELA at 90.91%, 4th grade Social Studies at 88.37%, and 4th grade Science at 75.58%. Using a simple unweighted average, the school averages 83.81%, above the district’s 81.22% and far above the state’s 54.75%. In 2024-2025, the school’s simple average was slightly below the district, 75.75% versus 76.96%, while still far above the state’s 53.95%.
Improvement from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026 was broad: seven of eight listed grade/subject comparisons improved, with the largest gains in 4th grade Social Studies (+17.36), 4th grade ELA (+12.89), 4th grade Math (+12.71), and 4th grade Science (+10.36). The only decline was 5th grade ELA, from 81.61% to 73.53% (-8.08 points); these are grade-level comparisons, not the same students tracked over time. The district comparison also flipped sharply: in 2024-2025 the school was below district in four 4th grade subjects, while in 2025-2026 only 5th grade ELA is below. With very low chronic absenteeism and a latest rank in the top 2.4%, Oriole Lane Elementary is a strong-performing option, though the data covers only one school in ZIP 53097, so within-ZIP comparisons are not possible.
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