Best High Schools in Zip Code 53190

ZIP code 53190 is served by a single public high school, Whitewater High, which educates 606 students in grades 9–12 at 534 S Elizabeth St in Whitewater and belongs to the Whitewater Unified School District. Because it is the only high school option here, it is the entire high-school landscape for families in this ZIP code, and no comparison between local schools is possible — the useful comparison is between this school and the state.

Whitewater High's clearest strengths are in keeping students in school and getting them to graduation. Its graduation rate is 97.6% versus 92.0% statewide, its dropout rate is 0.3% versus 1.1% statewide, and chronic absenteeism is 11.4% versus 17.3% statewide. Within the district, though, its chronic absenteeism (11.4%) runs 3.7 percentage points above the district figure (7.7%), and its dropout rate is 0.1 percentage points above the district's. For families, the takeaway is a school that students generally finish and attend, even as its day-to-day academic results lag.

Standardized testing is the weaker area. All reported tests are 10th grade — Social Studies on the Forward Exam, and English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science on the ACT. In 2025–2026, Whitewater High trails the state in all four subjects: English Language Arts by 11.59 points, Science by 9.87 points, Mathematics by 7.47 points, and Social Studies by 3.81 points. Year over year, Social Studies rose 4.58 points and Mathematics 1.35 points, while English Language Arts fell 7.31 points and Science 5.43 points. School rankings improved from the 25th percentile (1 star) in 2024–2025 to the 34th percentile (2 stars) in 2025–2026 — still below average, with the district ranked 314th of 432 schools (27th percentile, 1 star). Context: 43.23% of students receive free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $17,728, and the student-teacher ratio is 14:1.