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)
550351000377	21	Kettle Moraine Middle	Public	6-8	301 E Ottawa Ave	Dousman	53118	Waukesha County	Kettle Moraine School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 965-6500	717	49	14.6	12.6%	627 (87.4%)	5 (0.7%)	49 (6.8%)	7 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.9%)	$11,414			$257			$11,157	91	90.9	30	9
550603000669	22	Templeton Middle	Public	7-8	N59W22490 Silver Spring Dr	Sussex	53089	Waukesha County	Hamilton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 246-6477	744	47	15.7	13.6%	564 (75.8%)	26 (3.5%)	42 (5.6%)	78 (10.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (4.3%)	$12,971			$166			$12,804	90.9	92.9	23	1
550477000516	23	Maple Dale School	Public	4-8	8377 N Port Washington Rd	Fox Point	53217	Milwaukee County	Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 351-7380	203	22	9.1	13.3%	138 (68.0%)	18 (8.9%)	18 (8.9%)	13 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.9%)	$17,829			$649			$17,180	90.2	89.7	37	14
550375000394	24	Kansasville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	4101 S Beaumont Ave	Kansasville	53139	Racine County	Dover #1 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 878-3773	81	8	10.3	32.1%	64 (79.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (18.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.5%)	$12,840			$675			$12,165	90.1	97.6	4	20
550321000362	25	De Pere Middle	Public	7-8	700 Swan Rd	De Pere	54115	Brown County	De Pere School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 337-1024	678	47	14.4	23.0%	572 (84.4%)	13 (1.9%)	38 (5.6%)	21 (3.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.6%)	$11,186			$357			$10,830	90.1	90.7	32	7
551683002192	26	Winneconne Middle	Public	6-8	400 N 9th Ave	Winneconne	54986	Winnebago County	Winneconne Community School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 582-5800	409	27	14.9	19.1%	380 (92.9%)	2 (0.5%)	11 (2.7%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.9%)	$10,866			$321			$10,546	89.9	91.2	29	3
550426000455	27	Elkhart Lake Elementary/Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	251 E Maple St	Elkhart Lake	53020	Sheboygan County	Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 876-3307	351	26	13.6	22.5%	306 (87.2%)	3 (0.9%)	27 (7.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.0%)	$12,407			$553			$11,853	89.8	90.1	34	7
550039001619	28	Classical School	Public, Charter	K-8	3310 N Durkee St	Appleton	54911	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 852-5525	496	27	18.6	23.0%	304 (61.3%)	21 (4.2%)	31 (6.3%)	112 (22.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.4%)	$11,399			$911			$10,488	89.5	87.5	46	18
550834000917	29	Luxemburg-Casco Middle	Public	7-8	512 Center Drive	Luxemburg	54217	Kewaunee County	Luxemburg-Casco School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 845-9525	300	22	13.4	19.3%	273 (91.0%)	2 (0.7%)	16 (5.3%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	$12,511			$900			$11,611	89.4	83.4	64	35
551047001366	30	Eisenhower Middle/High	Public	7-12	4333 S Sunnyslope Rd	New Berlin	53151	Waukesha County	New Berlin School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 789-6300	1,048	64	16.4	10.7%	814 (77.7%)	8 (0.8%)	63 (6.0%)	123 (11.7%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (3.4%)	$12,477			$212			$12,265	89.2	84.5	59	29

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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.