Best High Schools in Zip Code 53563

ZIP code 53563 has just one public high school: Milton High, serving grades 9–12 with 1,057 students in Milton, Wisconsin, as part of Milton School District. Because it is the only high school in the area, there are no local peers to compare it against, so the most useful benchmarks are the school's own history and Wisconsin state averages.

The headline for parents is that Milton High has moved up in the state rankings, from 202nd of 431 schools in 2024–2025 to 117th of 533 in 2025–2026. That lifted it from the 53rd to the 78th percentile and from 3 stars to 4 stars, moving it from the middle of the state into the top quarter. Test scores back this up: in 2025–2026 the school was above the state average in all four reported subjects, including Mathematics (+11.12 points above state), Science (+9.95), Social Studies (+8.66), and English Language Arts (+4.68). English Language Arts showed the biggest turnaround, rising 5.36 points in a year after sitting slightly below the state in 2024–2025, while Mathematics gained 8.92 points and Science gained 7.57 points.

Outcome measures are also strong. For 2024–2025, the graduation rate was 97.7% (state: 92.0%), the dropout rate was just 0.3% (state: 1.1%), and chronic absenteeism was 11.7% (state: 17.3%). One internal caution: chronic absenteeism at the high school (11.7%) is slightly higher than the district average (10.0%), suggesting attendance is the clearest area for improvement. Families should also note that school and district test results are identical, since Milton High accounts for the district's high-school testing population. Other context: 20.25% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $14,129, and the student-teacher ratio is 17.