Best Public Schools in Zip Code 54651

ZIP 54651 has two public schools in Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District: Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary (PK–6, 322 students) and Brookwood High (7–12, 264 students), with no separate middle school. The district is ranked 263 of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 39th percentile with 2 stars. Both schools serve relatively high economically disadvantaged populations—59.01% free/reduced lunch at the elementary and 51.89% at the high school—and spend about $16,124 and $16,488 per student.

Brookwood High is the standout by rank and ACT performance, but uneven. It rose from 1 star and the 23rd percentile in 2023–2024 to 4 stars and 77th–86th percentile in the next two years. In 2025–2026, ACT ELA was 66.67% vs the state’s 48.47%, ACT Math 44.44% vs 42.93%, and ACT Science 48.89% vs 43.20%. Tenth-grade Social Studies was 58.82% vs 48.25%. Yet 7th-grade ELA was 34.15% vs 55.33%, 7th-grade Math 41.46% vs 55.67%, and 8th-grade Math 41.18% vs 53.67%. Graduation is 82.0% vs the state’s 92.0%, while dropout is 1.1%, equal to the state.

Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary is mixed. It ranked at the 49th percentile in 2023–2024, fell to 29th in 2024–2025, then recovered to 37th in 2025–2026. Strengths include chronic absenteeism at 5.6% vs the state’s 17.3%, 4th-grade Social Studies at 75% vs 65.51%, and 3rd-grade ELA at 54.84% vs 52.08%. Its largest concern is 5th grade: Math is 33.33% vs 51.81%, and ELA 42.22% vs 53.63%. Across both schools, chronic absenteeism is a major strength—7.7% at the high school—and school scores match district scores exactly at each reported grade, consistent with these being the only schools serving those grades.