Summary:
ZIP code 53217 in Wisconsin is home to three highly rated public schools serving middle grades — Whitefish Bay Middle (grades 6–8, 612 students), Bayside Middle (grades 5–8, 340 students), and Maple Dale School (grades 4–8, 224 students) — together enrolling 1,176 students in the suburban communities of Whitefish Bay, Fox Point–Bayside, and the Maple Dale–Indian Hill area north of Milwaukee.
All three schools earn 5 stars and belong to 5-star districts. Bayside Middle is the top performer, ranked #4 of 643 schools statewide, with its Fox Point J2 School District ranked #2 of 432 districts in Wisconsin. It posts the highest single score in the data — 95.29% proficient in 8th grade social studies — plus 94.32% in 5th grade math and 93.10% in 5th grade English language arts. Whitefish Bay Middle is close behind at #5 of 643, with its Whitefish Bay School District at #6 of 432. It has the largest enrollment and the lowest chronic absenteeism of the three (3.2%), and achieves near-top results despite the lowest per-pupil spending ($13,509) and the highest student-teacher ratio (13.6).
Maple Dale School (#35 of 643, 95th percentile) is still very strong but trails the other two in the middle grades they share. Comparing grades 6–8 only, Bayside averages about 89.5% proficient and Whitefish Bay about 87.1%, while Maple Dale averages about 78.2% — still roughly 23 points above the state average. Maple Dale's grade 4 results are excellent (88.64% ELA, 90.91% social studies), and it has the smallest classes (9.8 students per teacher) and the lowest free/reduced-lunch share (1.34%). Absenteeism is low at all three — Whitefish Bay 3.2%, Bayside 4.7%, Maple Dale 5.4% — against 17.3% statewide.
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