Summary:
ZIP code 53207 has just one high school: Bay View High, located at 2751 S Lenox St in Milwaukee, serving grades 9–12 with 1,021 students as part of Milwaukee School District. Because it is the only school in this ZIP code, the most useful comparisons are between this school and its district and Wisconsin averages.
The school’s biggest challenges are attendance and achievement. Chronic absenteeism is 73.8%, compared with 46.2% in the district and 17.3% statewide. The graduation rate is 66.6%, below the district’s 71.5% and well under the state’s 92.0%, while the dropout rate is 4.8% versus 4.0% district and 1.1% state. On 2025–2026 10th-grade tests, proficiency was 5.56% in math, 5.59% in science, 12.92% in social studies, and 13.89% in English language arts — in every case far below district and state figures. Bay View ranks 506th of 533 schools (5th percentile, 0 stars), and the district itself ranks 418th of 432 districts (3rd percentile, 0 stars). The school reports 83.84% free/reduced lunch participation, $19,875 per-student spending, and a 17.2 student-teacher ratio.
There are signs of movement in a positive direction. ELA proficiency rose from 10.23% to 13.89%, a gain of 3.66 percentage points, even as district and state ELA dipped slightly. Social studies rose 0.98 points, from 11.94% to 12.92%, though the district improved more. The school’s rank percentile also edged up to 5 from 1 the prior year and 0 in 2017–2018, although it remains a 0-star school. Overall, this is a high-need school with persistent attendance, graduation, and math/science proficiency challenges, and modest recent improvement in reading and social studies.
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