Best Middle Schools in Wisconsin

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Wisconsin test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the Forward Exam test scores by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 641)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
551398001911	191	Solon Springs School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	8993 E Baldwin Ave	Solon Springs	54873	Douglas County	Solon Springs School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 378-2263	218	18	12	53.7%	208 (95.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)	$16,405			$752			$15,652	68.2	34.2	451	260
550369000391	192	Dodgeville Middle	Public	5-8	951 W Chapel St	Dodgeville	53533	Iowa County	Dodgeville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 935-3307	310	29	10.6	30.0%	274 (88.4%)	3 (1.0%)	12 (3.9%)	6 (1.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.2%)	$11,983			$465			$11,518	68.1	67.8	168	24
550111003061	193	Benton Middle	Public	7-8	41 Alma St	Benton	53803	Lafayette County	Benton School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 759-4002	27	2	11.2	40.7%	26 (96.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,629			$883			$7,746	67.9	79.4	88	105
550318000356	194	De Forest Middle	Public	7-8	404 Yorktown Rd	De Forest	53532	Dane County	De Forest Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 842-6000	568	47	11.9	18.7%	461 (81.2%)	11 (1.9%)	44 (7.7%)	15 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (6.5%)	$11,673			$271			$11,403	67.9	64.2	197	3
550405002297	195	South Middle	Public	6-8	2115 Mitscher Ave	Eau Claire	54701	Eau Claire County	Eau Claire Area School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 852-5200	792	88	8.9	34.2%	578 (73.0%)	22 (2.8%)	81 (10.2%)	61 (7.7%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	44 (5.6%)	$12,068			$252			$11,816	67.6	66.7	178	17
550627000691	196	Hayward Middle	Public	6-8	10408 N Greenwood Ln	Hayward	54843	Sawyer County	Hayward Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 634-2619	344	36	9.6	54.9%	230 (66.9%)	4 (1.2%)	18 (5.2%)	1 (0.3%)	65 (18.9%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.6%)	$14,890			$1,417			$13,473	67.4	59	244	48
550957001119	197	Milton Middle	Public	7-8	20 E Madison Ave	Milton	53563	Rock County	Milton School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 868-9350	504	34	14.9	21.6%	457 (90.7%)	4 (0.8%)	16 (3.2%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.8%)	$11,452			$426			$11,026	67.3	63.3	209	12
550906001068	198	North Middle	Public	6-8	N88 W16801 Main St	Menomonee Falls	53051	Waukesha County	Menomonee Falls School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 255-8450	808	59	13.6	15.2%	564 (69.8%)	73 (9.0%)	40 (5.0%)	62 (7.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (8.3%)	$11,954			$432			$11,522	67.1	66.5	183	15
550960001144	199	Cooper Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	5143 S 21st St	Milwaukee	53221	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 304-6300	459	25	18.7	68.4%	132 (28.8%)	80 (17.4%)	172 (37.5%)	40 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.6%)	$14,157			$2,299			$11,858	66.9	50.1	321	122
550816002959	200	Flex Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter	K-8	325 Meulemans St	Little Chute	54140	Outagamie County	Little Chute Area School District	Yes	No	Yes	(n/a)	(920) 788-7605	78	5	15.6	28.2%	70 (89.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.4%)	$8,530			$245			$8,285	66.9			(n/a)

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Forward Exam English Language Arts, Forward Exam Mathematics, Forward Exam Social Studies, Forward Exam Science test scores released by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on October 8, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.