Summary:
ZIP code 53210 in Milwaukee has one public high school, WHS Information Technology, serving grades 9–12 with 402 students. It is part of Milwaukee School District and is located at 2525 N Sherman Blvd. The district is ranked 418th out of 432 schools statewide, in the 3rd percentile with 0 stars, so this school operates within a district that is itself near the bottom of Wisconsin’s rankings.
For parents, the most important outcomes are below district and state. The graduation rate is 66.4%, compared with 71.5% in Milwaukee School District and 92.0% statewide. The dropout rate is 9.5%, versus 4.0% in the district and 1.1% in the state. Chronic absenteeism is 84.2%, far above the district’s 46.2% and the state’s 17.3%. Test proficiency is in the single digits: math is 2.78%, English language arts 8.33%, science 5.56%, and social studies 6.56% in 2025–2026, with social studies at 6.25% in 2024–2025. Every reported subject is below the district and state.
Other indicators show high need and high spending. Free or reduced-price lunch is 85.32%, and per-student spending is $24,310, with a student-teacher ratio of 16.2. In rank history, WHS Information Technology has 0 stars in 2025–2026, 2023–2024, and 2013–2014, and has never risen above the 2nd percentile in those years. Because it is the only high school listed in ZIP 53210, families here have limited traditional public high school options. The overall picture is a school facing concentrated academic and engagement challenges, with chronic absenteeism, dropout, graduation, and low proficiency as the most pressing concerns.
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