Schools in Zip Code 53225

ZIP code 53225 contains 7 listed schools — 6 classified as elementary and 1 as alternative — though grade spans run wider than those labels suggest, with HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12 serving PK–12 and River Trail School of Agricultural Science serving PK–8, and all 7 together enrolling 3,657 students. Six schools belong to Milwaukee School District (3,400 students combined) and one, Madison Elementary, to Wauwatosa School District (257 students). The two districts rank very differently statewide: Milwaukee stands 418 of 432 and Wauwatosa 142 of 432.

HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12 dominates this ZIP code, with 1,974 students — more than the other six schools combined — and 54.0% of all enrollment. Despite an 89.01% free/reduced lunch rate, it reports a 100.0% graduation rate, a 0.1% dropout rate, 10.4% chronic absenteeism, and 2025–2026 averages of 51.7% in ELA and 60.8% in math, well above its district. Madison Elementary has by far the lowest poverty (31.52% free/reduced lunch) and low absenteeism (10.5%), but its proficiency fell sharply, from 55.5% to 39.8% in ELA and 48.9% to 32.6% in math. Among Milwaukee elementary schools, Parkview Elementary is the strongest, with 27.7% ELA and 32.1% math.

At the other end, Emerson Elementary posts the lowest averages (8.9% ELA, 2.5% math) and the highest spending ($27,326), while Engleburg Elementary has the highest chronic absenteeism at 58.0% and Bryant Elementary the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 91.04%. River Trail School of Agricultural Science, Parkview Elementary, Engleburg Elementary, Bryant Elementary, and Emerson Elementary all show high absenteeism, high poverty, and low proficiency together — and higher spending does not reliably track with higher achievement here.