Summary:
Zip code 53151 contains five schools — four elementary schools and one school serving grades 7–12 — with a combined enrollment of 3,119 students, split between the high-performing New Berlin School District and the much lower-ranked West Allis-West Milwaukee School District. There is no standalone middle school in this area; middle-grade results are folded into the grades 7–12 record at Eisenhower Middle/High.
Four schools sit in New Berlin, and all four outperform state averages. Eisenhower Middle/High is the area's flagship, ranked 17 of 533 (97th percentile, 5 stars), with a 99.4% graduation rate, 0.0% dropout rate, and 4.4% chronic absenteeism. Elmwood Elementary posted the strongest 2025-26 elementary profile — rank 62 of 1,039, 94th percentile, 5 stars — with 2.1% chronic absenteeism. Ronald Reagan Elementary remains strong at 116 of 1,039 (89th percentile, 4 stars) and has the area's lowest absenteeism at 1.2%, but declined in all ten tested areas compared with its 2024-25 rank of 23 of 1,044. Orchard Lane Elementary (141 of 1,039, 86th percentile, 4 stars) is the momentum story, improving in nine of ten tested areas and rising in rank three years running despite the highest free/reduced lunch rate among New Berlin schools at 18.76%.
Hoover Elementary is the sharp contrast: its district ranks 400 of 432 (0 stars) and the school ranks 667 of 1,039 (36th percentile, 2 stars). It has the area's highest free/reduced lunch rate (56.12%), highest per-student spending ($15,777), and lowest student-teacher ratio (13.2), yet the lowest overall results — showing that spending and class size do not automatically translate into outcomes. Its 2025-26 4th grade beat district and state in ELA, math, social studies, and science, while grades 3 and 5 lagged well below. Chronic absenteeism is low throughout New Berlin (1.2%–4.4%) versus 11.2% at Hoover, and science and social studies are consistent area strengths.
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