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)
550008903150	231	Adeline Montessori School Inc	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-9	995 S Sawyer Rd	Oconomowoc	53066	Waukesha County	Adeline Montessori School Inc	Yes	No	No	No	(262) 201-4492	103	9	11	2.9%	89 (86.4%)	1 (1.0%)	7 (6.8%)	5 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)								63.7	77.7	101	130
550315000704	232	Darlington Elementary/Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	11630 Center Hill Rd	Darlington	53530	Lafayette County	Darlington Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 776-4021	620	44	14.2	0.5%	397 (64.0%)	0 (0.0%)	214 (34.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.1%)	$11,558			$883			$10,675	63.6	74.1	126	106
550582000610	233	Aldo Leopold Community School K-8	Public	PK, KG-8	622 Eliza St	Green Bay	54301	Brown County	Green Bay Area Public School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 448-2140	557	37	15	37.5%	382 (68.6%)	18 (3.2%)	56 (10.1%)	26 (4.7%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (12.4%)	$11,201			$970			$10,231	63.6	49.3	331	98
551194001563	234	Riverview Middle	Public	5-8	300 Riverside Cir	Plymouth	53073	Sheboygan County	Plymouth Joint School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 892-4353	590	44	13.3	29.8%	519 (88.0%)	12 (2.0%)	32 (5.4%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.7%)	$10,504			$315			$10,189	63.2	63.6	205	29
550972002877	235	NorthStar Community Charter School	Public, Charter	4-8	N14463 Highway 53	Minong	54859	Washburn County	Northwood School District	Yes	No	No	No	(715) 466-2297	23	2	11.2	13.0%	22 (95.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,696			$810			$15,887	63			(n/a)
550386002938	236	School of Options and Applied Research Middle	Public, Charter	5-8	6485 Town Hall Rd	Land O Lakes	54540	Vilas County	Northland Pines School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(715) 547-3619	46	4	11	41.3%	43 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.2%)	$15,754			$601			$15,153	62.9	42	393	157
551317001735	237	D C Everest Junior High	Public	8-9	1000 Machmueller St	Weston	54476	Marathon County	D C Everest Area School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 359-0511	872	55	15.8	32.1%	644 (73.9%)	14 (1.6%)	54 (6.2%)	132 (15.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.0%)	$12,337			$706			$11,631	62.9	64.5	195	42
550567000603	238	Grantsburg Middle	Public	4-8	500 E James Ave	Grantsburg	54840	Burnett County	Grantsburg School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 463-2455	321	24	13.5	42.1%	288 (89.7%)	3 (0.9%)	11 (3.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.6%)	$10,318			$599			$9,718	62.9	60.7	228	10
550666000563	239	Howards Grove Middle	Public	5-8	506 Kennedy Ave	Howards Grove	53083	Sheboygan County	Howards Grove School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 565-4452	267	20	13.6	13.5%	235 (88.0%)	4 (1.5%)	3 (1.1%)	8 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.4%)	$10,558			$422			$10,136	62.8	81.1	78	161
551554001984	240	Washburn Middle	Public	7-8	305 W 4th St	Washburn	54891	Bayfield County	Washburn School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 373-6199	82	7	11.4	51.2%	64 (78.0%)	2 (2.4%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (15.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.4%)	$11,853			$754			$11,100	62.8	69.6	161	79

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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.