Summary:
ZIP code 54115 covers De Pere, Wisconsin and contains 12 schools — 5 elementary, 4 middle, and 3 high schools — serving roughly 8,109 students across two districts: the De Pere School District (ranked 25 of 432 districts, 94th percentile, 5 stars) and the West De Pere School District (66 of 432, 85th percentile, 4 stars). Enrollment splits fairly evenly: 3,101 elementary, 2,470 middle, and 2,538 high school students.
The academic standouts are concentrated in the De Pere district. De Pere Middle is the strongest school in the ZIP and one of the best in Wisconsin, ranked 19 of 643 (97th percentile) with 8th-grade proficiency of 83.24% in ELA, 87.65% in math, 85.00% in social studies, and 76.18% in science — well above West De Pere Middle at 55.29%, 68.63%, 68.63%, and 54.51%. Among elementaries, Susie C Altmayer Elementary posts the ZIP's highest 3rd-grade math score at 87.95%, while Hemlock Creek Elementary has the top reported score overall (4th-grade social studies, 88.75%) and Heritage Elementary combines 5-star results with just 1.1% chronic absenteeism. At the high school level, De Pere High has the higher graduation rate at 97.7%, while West De Pere High has lower absenteeism (4.3% vs. 12.6%) and higher math ACT proficiency (68.05% vs. 63.64%); both post 0.1% dropout rates.
Phantom Knight School of Opportunity, a 22-student school serving grades 7–12, is a clear outlier with a 66.6% graduation rate, 4.3% dropout rate, and 34.8% chronic absenteeism, and it should not be compared directly with the comprehensive high schools. Attendance is a strength almost everywhere — 11 of 12 schools beat the state's 17.3% rate. Notably, spending and class size don't track neatly with performance, and the ZIP's schools exceed state proficiency averages across the board. Trends to watch include De Pere High's rank slip from 19 to 41 and West De Pere Middle's drop from 4 stars to 3.
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