Summary:
ZIP code 53562 covers Middleton, Wisconsin, where two public high schools serve grades 9–12 — Middleton High with 2,303 students and Clark Street Community School with 108 — both part of the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District and both listed at 2100 Bristol Street, suggesting a shared campus.
Middleton High is the district's flagship and one of Wisconsin's strongest high schools, more than 21 times larger than Clark Street. It has earned 5 stars in each of the last three rank years, placing between 9th and 18th in the state, and its 2025–2026 proficiency rates ran roughly 25–27 percentage points above the state in social studies, English language arts, math, and science. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate of 95.4% topped both the district's 95.1% and the state's 92.0%, with a dropout rate of 0.2%. Its main soft spot is chronic absenteeism at 22.8%, above the district's 15.4% and the state's 17.3%.
Clark Street Community School is very small, spends more per student ($17,468 versus $16,092), has a lower student-teacher ratio (11.3 versus 15.3), and enrolls a higher share of students from low-income families (25.93% free/reduced lunch versus 17.85%). Its results swing widely year to year — 2 stars in 2023–2024, 5 stars in 2024–2025, and 3 stars in 2025–2026 — and chronic absenteeism is 56.6%. In 2025–2026, math proficiency was 24.14% versus 42.93% statewide and 69.6% at Middleton High. Still, Clark Street recorded a 0.0% dropout rate and, in 2024–2025, above-district social studies and science scores, showing real strengths alongside its challenges.
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