Summary:
ZIP code 54235 includes seven schools serving roughly 1,592 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, split between Sturgeon Bay School District (four schools, 1,013 students) and Sevastopol School District (three schools, 579 students). The area has three elementary, two middle, and two high schools, with enrollment ranging from 140 at Sevastopol Middle to 348 at Sturgeon Bay High. Sevastopol School District ranks 21 of 432 districts statewide (95th percentile, 5 stars), while Sturgeon Bay School District ranks 117 of 432 (73rd percentile, 4 stars).
Sevastopol Middle is the academic standout, ranking 16 of 643 middle schools (98th percentile, 5 stars) and holding near the top of the state for three straight years, with 2025–26 proficiency scores in the 74%–93% range across subjects. Sevastopol Elementary (90 of 1,039, 91st percentile, 5 stars) is also strong, though its 2025–26 scores came down from an exceptional 2024–25. Sevastopol High (45 of 533, 92nd percentile, 5 stars) graduates 97.6% of students versus the state's 92.0%, and outscored Sturgeon Bay High in all four tested subjects, though Sturgeon Bay High still graduates 95.5%. In Sturgeon Bay, Walker Middle (83 of 643, 87th percentile, 4 stars) has the lowest student-teacher ratio in the ZIP at 9.0 and a 0.0% dropout rate.
Attendance is the clearest local concern: both high schools exceed the state chronic absenteeism rate of 17.3% — Sevastopol High at 19.3% and Sturgeon Bay High at 17.5%. By contrast, Sunrise Elementary has the lowest absenteeism at 5.6%, and Sawyer Elementary serves PK–2 with no test scores, the highest per-student spending at $24,412, and a 9.7% absenteeism rate. Walker Middle shows that a 48.68% free/reduced lunch rate does not prevent strong results, while spending and class size show no simple link to outcomes.
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