Summary:
ZIP code 53185 contains seven public schools — five elementary, one middle, and one high school — enrolling 2,844 students across four districts. Waterford's schools split students into narrow grade bands: Trailside Elementary (PK–1), Woodfield Elementary (2–3), Evergreen Elementary (4–5), Fox River Middle (6–8), and Waterford High (9–12). Washington Elementary is a single PK–8 building, while Lakeview Elementary serves K–4.
Lakeview Elementary is the academic standout, sitting in the highest-ranked district here — Muskego-Norway School District, at the 95th percentile — with 3rd-grade math at 88.89% vs. the state's 54.75%, 4th-grade math at 79.45% vs. 52.87%, and the ZIP's lowest chronic absenteeism at 5.2%. Waterford High also impresses with a 96.8% graduation rate vs. 92.0% statewide, a 0.3% dropout rate vs. 1.1%, and above-state ACT/Forward results in every subject. Fox River Middle posts strong math and social studies results despite the ZIP's highest student-teacher ratio (16.0) and lowest per-student spending ($13,735). Evergreen Elementary has the lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 10.97% and strong 4th-grade results in ELA, math, social studies, and science.
Chronic absenteeism is below the state's 17.3% at every school, ranging from 5.2% at Lakeview Elementary to 9.9% at Trailside Elementary — the ZIP's clearest watch point, with the highest free/reduced lunch rate (32.33%) and the lowest rough composite proficiency, though its 3rd-grade math (71.88% vs. 55%) stays above state. Washington Elementary is small (192 students) and variable; its 8th-grade science rose from 30.77% to 78.57%. Spending and outcomes do not move in a simple line — Waterford High spends $24,066 per student, roughly 75% more than Fox River Middle.
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