Summary:
The 54128 zip code is home to two public schools, Gresham High and Gresham Elementary, both serving the Gresham School District. While Gresham Elementary has shown signs of improvement, with its statewide ranking rising from 763 to 521 over the past few years, Gresham School District as a whole is ranked 346 out of 426 districts in Wisconsin and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Gresham High School, with a relatively small student population of 162, has struggled academically, with consistently low test scores across multiple subjects and grade levels, placing between 299-370 out of 431 Wisconsin high schools over the past 3 years. The school's 4-year graduation rate is relatively high at 91.0% in 2023-2024, but it also has a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% during the same period. In contrast, Gresham Elementary has shown more mixed academic performance, with some grade levels and subjects exceeding the state average, while others are significantly below.
Both schools have a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, with Gresham High at 65.43% and Gresham Elementary at 56.12%. The student-teacher ratios are relatively low, with Gresham High at 10.4 and Gresham Elementary at 11.5. Interestingly, Gresham High spends more per student ($18,262) compared to Gresham Elementary ($15,934), which raises questions about the effective use of funding to improve student outcomes at the high school level.
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