Summary:
ZIP code 54025 is home to a single public high school, Somerset High, which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 453 students as part of the Somerset School District.
With only one high school in the area, families have a straightforward choice — and Somerset High compares very well against Wisconsin as a whole. In 2024–2025 its graduation rate was 98.9%, versus the state's 92.0%, and its dropout rate was just 0.2% compared with 1.1% statewide. Chronic absenteeism was 3.8%, less than one-fourth of the state's 17.3%. In other words, its graduation rate ran 6.9 percentage points above the state average, its dropout rate 0.9 points below, and its chronic absenteeism 13.5 points below.
Academics are consistently above state averages as well. In 2025–2026, the school's average proficiency was 52.14% versus 45.71% statewide, and in 2024–2025 it was 53.53% versus 45.61%. It beat the state in Social Studies, English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science in both years, with the largest margins in Social Studies (+16.91 points in 2024–2025, +8.74 in 2025–2026) and Science (+9.85 and +6.27); Math was a narrower advantage (+2.13 and +3.39). Year over year, ELA improved by 4.39 points and Math by 1.46, while Social Studies declined 7.59 points and Science 3.80 — both remained above state. In 2025–2026 the school returned to 4 stars and ranked 144 of 533 schools (73rd percentile), and the district is also 4 stars, ranked 99 of 432 (77th percentile). For context, 21.85% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, spending is $15,150 per student, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.7.
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