Schools in Zip Code 53224

Zip code 53224 contains seven schools — five elementary and two high schools — serving about 1,983 students, with 1,319 in elementary grades and 664 in high school. One school, Darrell Lynn Hines Academy, spans PK–8 but is grouped with the elementaries. Six schools belong to Milwaukee School District, while Darrell Lynn Hines is its own district, Darrell L Hines Academy Inc. The area has very high poverty — average free/reduced-lunch rate about 87.7% — and very high absenteeism, and both districts rank near the bottom statewide: Milwaukee at 418 of 432 and Hines at 429 of 432, with every ranked school at 0 or 1 stars in 2025–2026.

Among elementaries, Bruce Elementary has the strongest 2025–2026 proficiency: 4th-grade ELA 42.31%, Social Studies 38.46%, Science 26.92%, and 3rd-grade Math 31.25%, with its rank percentile improving from 3 to 12. Goodrich Elementary has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the area at 22.3% and solid 4th-grade Math at 31.43%. Stuart Elementary leads 5th-grade ELA at 35.85% but is weak in math. Maple Tree Elementary has the highest elementary absenteeism at 51.4%, and Darrell Lynn Hines records the lowest tested proficiency average and the highest student-teacher ratio, 23.

Both high schools face serious challenges. Harold S Vincent School of Agricultural Science, the largest school at 611 students, spends the most per pupil ($24,036) yet averages about 7.53% proficiency with 81.9% chronic absenteeism. Vincent Accelerated Academy, with 53 students, reports 100.0% chronic absenteeism and a 23.4% dropout rate, far above the district's 4.0% and the state's 1.1%, but a 77.9% graduation rate, above the district's 71.5%. No test scores are listed for that school. No school in 53224 reaches the state average in any listed subject or grade.