Best Public Schools in Zip Code 53203

Summary:

The zip code 53203 contains only one school, Tenor High, a public charter high school serving grades 9-12 with an enrollment of 550 students. Tenor High is operated by the Seeds of Health Inc. district, which is ranked 425 out of 428 districts in Wisconsin and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Tenor High has seen a consistent decline in its statewide ranking over the past three school years, dropping from 386 out of 391 Wisconsin high schools in 2021-2022 to 424 out of 431 in 2023-2024. The school's 0-star rating from SchoolDigger indicates it is performing significantly below the state average. Tenor High had a 85.4% four-year graduation rate in 2022-2023, which is lower than the state average, and a 4.6% dropout rate, which is higher than the state average. Additionally, the school had a 39.0% chronic absenteeism rate in 2022-2023, significantly higher than the state average.

Tenor High's proficiency rates on the Forward Exam and ACT assessments are significantly lower than the state and district averages across all subject areas. The school also has a high percentage of students (71.27%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. Tenor High's per-student spending for the 2019-2020 school year was $9,942, slightly lower than the state average, and the school has a relatively high student-teacher ratio of 24.2, which may impact the quality of instruction and individual attention students receive.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				ACT English Language Arts (2024)	ACT Science (2024)	Forward Exam Social Studies (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ACT English Language Arts 10th Grade	ACT Science 10th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 10th Grade	Total
Tenor High	Public, Charter	9-12	918 Vel R Phillips Ave	Milwaukee	53203	Milwaukee County	Seeds of Health Inc	Yes	No	No	Yes	(414) 431-4371	550	23	24.2	71.3%	40 (7.3%)	139 (25.3%)	352 (64.0%)	6 (1.1%)	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.9%)	5 (0.9%)	3.2	424^th of 431 public high schools	1.6%		3.9	407^th of 415 public high schools	1.9%	17	17.9	14.6	14.5

Cities Near Zip Code 53203

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Milwaukee	0.4 mi	194	459^th
Wauwatosa	0.96 mi	18	90^th
West Milwaukee	3.13 mi	2	456^th
Shorewood	3.81 mi	5	26^th
West Allis	4.11 mi	13	439^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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