Milwaukee

Best Milwaukee suburbs for schools

Ranked almost entirely on the Schools category — within-state proficiency, student–teacher ratio, graduation rate and schools nearby — with the two poll questions about children and teenagers at 20% once a place has enough responses.

Updated Sep 2026·30 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Shorewood Village Hall, Shorewood, National Registered Historic Place.
Shorewood$444k median · 20.8 min commute
Schools ACost of living D+Residents inactive
90
Schools score
overall 72 B−
2
Lake Michigan, Whitefish Bay, Big Bay Park. Milwaukee, WI USA (2023)
Whitefish Bay$534k median · 20.8 min commute
Schools ACost of living D+Residents inactive
89
Schools score
overall 79 B+
3
The Washington Building
Cedarburg$422k median · 22.4 min commute
Schools ACost of living B−Residents inactive
88
Schools score
overall 69 B−
4
The Mequon Town Hall and Fire Station Complex, Registered Historic Place in Mequon, Wisconsin.
Mequon$502k median · 21.9 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living DResidents inactive
87
Schools score
overall 70 B−
5
The village hall in the village of Greendale, Wisconsin. The hall is part of the Greendale Historic District.
Greendale$314k median · 23.0 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living CResidents inactive
86
Schools score
overall 69 B−
6
Picture taken by me
Oconomowoc$395k median · 24.6 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living B−Residents inactive
86
Schools score
overall 68 B−
7
Lisbon$415k median · 22.0 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living C+Residents inactive
86
Schools score
overall 68 B−
8
Office Park Drone
Brookfield$444k median · 20.7 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living D+Residents inactive
85
Schools score
overall 72 B−
9
Richfield$503k median · 28.0 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living CResidents inactive
85
Schools score
overall 65 C+
10
The Port Washington, WI Pierhead light, as viewed from Lake Michigan. Photo by Ray Meyer http://www.n9pby.com
Port Washington$296k median · 21.0 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living BResidents inactive
85
Schools score
overall 65 C+
This list's weighting
Schools 80%Resident poll (Q5, Q6) 20%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Shorewood (Freekee · Public domain); Whitefish Bay (Gnome70 · CC BY-SA 4.0); Cedarburg (Loopygrumpkins (talk) · Public domain); Mequon (Freekee · Public domain); Greendale (TheCatalyst31 · CC0); Oconomowoc (Iulus Ascanius · Public domain); Brookfield (Chris Favero from USA · CC BY-SA 2.0); Port Washington (Radon360 · Public domain).