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)
551023003099	551	Necedah Middle	Public	6-8	1801 S Main St	Necedah	54646	Juneau County	Necedah Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 565-2256	134	12	11.3	58.2%	122 (91.0%)	3 (2.2%)	5 (3.7%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	$11,627			$1,073			$10,553	17.1	25.9	504	47
550960002737	552	Wedgewood Park School	Public	6-8	6506 W Warnimont Ave	Milwaukee	53220	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 604-7800	656	43	15.1	74.1%	65 (9.9%)	154 (23.5%)	366 (55.8%)	42 (6.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.0%)	$13,901			$2,320			$11,580	17.1	17.2	552
550960001142	553	Clement Avenue Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	3666 S Clement Ave	Milwaukee	53207	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 294-1500	285	19	14.6	78.6%	88 (30.9%)	31 (10.9%)	120 (42.1%)	12 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (11.9%)	$14,028			$2,914			$11,114	16.8	20.1	531	22
550852000373	554	James Wright Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	1717 Fish Hatchery Rd	Madison	53713	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(608) 204-1340	256	24	10.4	70.3%	30 (11.7%)	72 (28.1%)	127 (49.6%)	9 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.6%)	$18,044			$1,081			$16,964	16.3	20	535	19
550582003105	555	Northeast Wisconsin School of Innovation	Public, Charter	7-12	701 Cherry St	Green Bay	54301	Brown County	Green Bay Area Public School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 272-7639	251	22	11.3	68.5%	67 (26.7%)	33 (13.1%)	111 (44.2%)	3 (1.2%)	17 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (8.0%)	$15,259			$1,332			$13,927	15.9	2.8	640	85
550732000802	556	Bullen Middle	Public	6-8	2804 39th Ave	Kenosha	53144	Kenosha County	Kenosha School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 359-4460	693	55	12.6	74.9%	204 (29.4%)	115 (16.6%)	313 (45.2%)	8 (1.2%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (6.8%)	$13,527			$1,164			$12,362	15.6	19.3	539	17
550960001220	557	Morgandale Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	3635 S 17th St	Milwaukee	53221	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 902-9900	530	28	18.8	85.8%	32 (6.0%)	78 (14.7%)	335 (63.2%)	79 (14.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.1%)	$13,733			$2,149			$11,584	15.4	18.9	542	15
550960002601	558	Rogers Street Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	2430 W Rogers St	Milwaukee	53204	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 902-1100	529	37	14.2	89.2%	9 (1.7%)	31 (5.9%)	473 (89.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.5%)	$14,140			$2,175			$11,965	15	12.6	577	19
550007603157	559	Carmen Middle School South	Public, Charter	6-8	2433 S 15th St	Milwaukee	53215	Milwaukee County	Carmen High School of Science and Technology Inc	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(414) 310-8056	176	38	4.6	98.9%	9 (5.1%)	17 (9.7%)	147 (83.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)								14.8	15.2	563	4
551269001670	560	Reedsville Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	340 Manitowoc St	Reedsville	54230	Manitowoc County	Reedsville School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 754-4341	264	19	14	23.9%	221 (83.7%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (13.3%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	$14,304			$605			$13,700	14.7	22.3	520	40

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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.