Best Middle Schools in Wisconsin

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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)
551236001639	561	Starbuck - An IB World School	Public	6-8	1516 Ohio St	Racine	53405	Racine County	Racine Unified School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 664-6500	509	42	12.1	62.5%	157 (30.8%)	104 (20.4%)	191 (37.5%)	5 (1.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (9.6%)	$15,346			$1,597			$13,750	14.6	17.4	550	11
550960001264	562	Victory Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	2222 W Henry Ave	Milwaukee	53221	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 304-6700	437	28	15.8	95.4%	64 (14.6%)	60 (13.7%)	107 (24.5%)	177 (40.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.4%)	$14,254			$2,272			$11,982	13.8	14.8	568	6
550960001175	563	U S Grant School	Public	PK, KG-8	2920 W Grant St	Milwaukee	53215	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 902-8000	545	34	16.1	96.3%	34 (6.2%)	51 (9.4%)	275 (50.5%)	168 (30.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.6%)	$15,014			$2,559			$12,455	13.5	12.5	578	15
550960001172	564	Garland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	3120 W Green Ave	Milwaukee	53221	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 304-6500	564	27	20.7	86.5%	200 (35.5%)	68 (12.1%)	115 (20.4%)	158 (28.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.1%)	$13,621			$2,469			$11,152	13.1	23.5	516	48
550582000619	565	Edison Middle	Public	6-8	442 Alpine Dr	Green Bay	54302	Brown County	Green Bay Area Public School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 391-2450	1,083	78	13.8	60.9%	324 (29.9%)	56 (5.2%)	541 (50.0%)	108 (10.0%)	9 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (4.2%)	$12,275			$573			$11,703	12.7	12.9	574	9
550960002853	566	Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	2623 N 38th St	Milwaukee	53210	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(414) 445-1000	467			86.3%	0 (0.0%)	421 (90.1%)	21 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.9%)	$16,128			$2,815			$13,313	12.4	12.2	579	13
550972002934	567	Northwood High/Middle	Public, Charter	6-12	N14463 Highway 53	Minong	54859	Washburn County	Northwood School District	Yes	No	No	No	(715) 466-2297	144	13	11.2	2.1%	122 (84.7%)	1 (0.7%)	9 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (8.3%)	$17,294			$939			$16,357	12	11.3	585	18
550007402692	568	Seeds of Health Elementary Program	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1445 S 32nd St	Milwaukee	53215	Milwaukee County	Seeds of Health Inc	Yes	No	No	Yes	(414) 672-0726	378	26	14.5	87.0%	13 (3.4%)	32 (8.5%)	329 (87.0%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								12	22.1	521	47
550006502894	569	Milwaukee Scholars Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	7000 W Florist Ave	Milwaukee	53218	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee Scholars Charter School Inc	Yes	No	No	Yes	(414) 393-0197	670	38	17.5	89.6%	4 (0.6%)	556 (83.0%)	22 (3.3%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	83 (12.4%)	$20,832			$2,820			$18,012	12	15.2	564	5
550582000623	570	Franklin Middle	Public	6-8	1233 Lore Ln	Green Bay	54303	Brown County	Green Bay Area Public School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 492-2670	659	59	11.1	75.0%	196 (29.7%)	102 (15.5%)	184 (27.9%)	78 (11.8%)	32 (4.9%)	2 (0.3%)	65 (9.9%)	$13,919			$962			$12,957	11.9	11.6	583	13

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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.