Best Public Schools in Zip Code 54162

ZIP code 54162 has three public schools serving students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade — one elementary, one middle, and one high school — all within the Pulaski Community School District, which ranks 108 of 432 districts in Wisconsin (75th percentile, 4 stars). Together, Glenbrook Elementary (PK–5, 519 students), Pulaski Community Middle (6–8, 846 students), and Pulaski High (9–12, 1,165 students) enroll 2,530 students total.

Pulaski Community Middle is the academic standout: it scored above the state average in every listed 2025–26 test (for example, 8th-grade Social Studies at 72.22% versus the state's 64.63%), earned 4 stars and the 71st percentile, and has low chronic absenteeism at 7.9%, well under the district's 11.4% and the state's 17.3%. Pulaski High delivers strong completion outcomes — a 96.8% graduation rate (state 92.0%) and a 0.1% dropout rate — and well-above-state scores in Social Studies (63.57% vs 48.25%) and Math (52.82% vs 42.93%). Its main concern is chronic absenteeism at 20.3%, higher than both the district and the state.

Glenbrook Elementary has the best attendance of the three (6.8% chronic absenteeism) and the most resources ($17,066 per student, a 10.7 student-teacher ratio, and the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 28.90%). Even so, it ranked in the 55th percentile with 3 stars, down from 4 stars in 2023–24, and fell below the district average in all eight listed 2025–26 tests, with bright spots in 5th-grade ELA and Math (both 63.16%) and 4th-grade Social Studies (68.00%). Overall, the Middle and High schools both rebounded to 4 stars in 2025–26 while Glenbrook slipped, and the high school's absenteeism is the clearest area to watch.