Summary:
The Waupun School District has one middle school, Waupun Area Junior High, which serves grades 7-8. The school's performance has declined in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 334 out of 617 Wisconsin middle schools in 2021-2022 to 411 out of 641 in 2023-2024. While the school's 7th-grade ELA and Math proficiency rates were above the state average in 2023-2024, its 8th-grade ELA and Math proficiency rates were below the state average.
Waupun Area Junior High has a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 40.47% in 2022-2023, and its per-student spending of $10,570 in 2020-2021 is higher than the state average. The school's student-teacher ratio of 15:1 in 2022-2023 is lower than the state average. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5% in 2022-2023 is significantly higher than the state average, which could be a contributing factor to its academic performance.
Overall, the data suggests that Waupun Area Junior High has room for improvement in certain academic areas, and the district should closely examine the school's performance data, identify the root causes of its challenges, and develop targeted strategies to address them, particularly in regards to the school's high chronic absenteeism rate.
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