Best High Schools in Zip Code 53150

Zip code 53150 has one public high school, Muskego High, serving grades 9–12 in the Muskego-Norway School District with 1,634 students. It is consistently a 5-star school and top-tier in Wisconsin: the district ranks 23rd of 432 districts (95th percentile, 5 stars), and the school ranked 27th of 533 in 2025–2026, 12th of 431 in 2024–2025, and 11th of 431 in 2023–2024. That keeps it in the top 5% of Wisconsin high schools in the latest year, after roughly the top 3% in the prior two years.

Outcomes are very strong. The graduation rate is 97.2%, matching the district and well above the state’s 92.0%; the dropout rate is 0.1%, also matching the district and far below the state’s 1.1%. Chronic absenteeism is 11.9%, better than the state’s 17.3% but higher than the district’s 8.9%, which includes lower grade levels. Free/reduced lunch is 5.39%, per-student spending is $14,200, and the student-teacher ratio is 17.5. In 2025–2026, proficiency rates were 67.59 in social studies, 77.08 in English language arts, 74.03 in mathematics, and 61.46 in science, compared with state rates of 48.25, 48.47, 42.93, and 43.20. Gaps above state were +19.34, +28.61, +31.10, and +18.26. In 2024–2025, gaps were +23.07 in social studies, +28.32 in ELA, +32.96 in math, and +26.50 in science. District test values match the school.

Overall, Muskego High is a high-performing, 5-star, top-5% Wisconsin high school. It outperforms the state in every reported subject and year, with the largest advantage in mathematics. Science showed the biggest year-over-year decline, from 69.92% to 61.46% (down 8.46 points), and social studies slipped 3.15 points; ELA was essentially flat and math declined 1.66 points. Even after those changes, all subjects remained above state averages. The latest ranking is slightly lower than prior years, but the number of ranked schools also rose from 431 to 533. For parents, the main watch points are the recent science and social studies dips and chronic absenteeism being above the district average, despite being below the state average. The school’s low free/reduced lunch rate and $14,200 per-student spending are contextual details, not direct performance measures.