Schools in Zip Code 54128

ZIP code 54128 contains two public schools in the Gresham School District—Gresham High, serving grades 6–12, and Gresham Elementary, serving PK–5—both located in Gresham, Wisconsin. The two schools share the same address, and together enroll 287 students; the high school has 155 students (about 54%) and the elementary school has 132 (about 46%). There is no separately reported middle school because the middle grades are included in the high school. The district is ranked 278 of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 36th percentile with 2 stars.

Gresham High has the clearest improvement story in the ZIP. It rose from 1 star and 14th percentile in 2023–2024 to 3 stars and 50th percentile in 2025–2026. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 95.8%, above the state’s 92.0%, and its dropout rate was 0.0%, better than the state’s 1.1%. In 2025–2026, 8th graders were well above state in social studies (77.27% vs. 64.63%), mathematics (68.18% vs. 53.67%), and science (68.18% vs. 51.86%). Tenth-grade social studies was 61.11% vs. 48.25%, and ACT science was 46.67% vs. 43.20%. However, ACT mathematics was 26.67% vs. 42.93%, ACT ELA was 40.00% vs. 48.47%, 7th-grade ELA was 27.78% vs. 55.33%, and 7th-grade mathematics was 38.89% vs. 55.67%. Chronic absenteeism was 22.9%, above the state’s 17.3%.

Gresham Elementary reached 50th percentile with 3 stars in 2024–2025 but slipped to 43rd percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026, still above its 33rd percentile in 2023–2024. Its 2025–2026 bright spots include 4th-grade mathematics (64.71% vs. 52.87%), 5th-grade mathematics (61.90% vs. 51.81%), and 4th-grade social studies (70.59% vs. 65.51%). Yet 3rd-grade ELA was 35.71% vs. 52.08%, 5th-grade ELA was 38.10% vs. 53.63%, and 4th-grade science was 47.06% vs. 53.46%. Chronic absenteeism was 28.4%, the highest among the reported schools and well above the state’s 17.3%. Both schools have high free/reduced lunch rates (60.65% at the high school, 57.58% at the elementary), similar per-student spending (about $19,337 and $19,188), and low student-teacher ratios (10.4 and 10.3). The district’s overall 2-star rank sits below the high school’s current 3-star rank, showing how school-level results can differ from district-level results.