Middle Schools in Wautoma Area School District

The Wautoma Area School District has one middle school, Parkside School, which serves grades 6-8. While Parkside School has some positive metrics, such as a 0% dropout rate and relatively strong test scores in certain subjects, it faces challenges that prevent it from being a standout school in the district or the state of Wisconsin.

Parkside School is ranked 363 out of 641 Wisconsin middle schools for the 2023-2024 school year, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance on the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's standardized test, is mixed, with proficiency rates ranging from 44.55% to 59.52% in English Language Arts and 46.97% to 58.49% in Mathematics across different grade levels. While the school outperforms the district average in some subjects and grade levels, it often lags behind the state average. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students (57.11%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

Despite the school's challenges, the low student-teacher ratio of 12.8 and relatively high per-student spending of $12,944 for the 2020-2021 school year suggest that Parkside School may have the resources and capacity to implement targeted interventions and strategies to improve student outcomes. However, the school's declining performance, with its statewide ranking dropping from 283 out of 640 middle schools in 2022-2023 to 363 out of 641 in 2023-2024, indicates a need for the school and district to address specific areas of weakness and ensure more consistent academic achievement across all grade levels and subjects.