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)
550660002408	161	Hortonville Middle	Public	5-8	220 Warner St	Hortonville	54944	Outagamie County	Hortonville Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 779-7922	487	39	12.3	16.8%	450 (92.4%)	3 (0.6%)	14 (2.9%)	9 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)	$11,808			$281			$11,527	71.9	66.5	182	21
551536001977	162	Viroqua Middle	Public	5-8	100 Blackhawk Dr	Viroqua	54665	Vernon County	Viroqua Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 637-3171	242	21	11.3	36.4%	218 (90.1%)	3 (1.2%)	3 (1.2%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.2%)	$13,123			$1,178			$11,945	71.9	63.9	201	39
550669000728	163	Hudson Middle	Public	6-8	1300 Carmichael Rd	Hudson	54016	St. Croix County	Hudson School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 377-3820	1,150	79	14.5	13.7%	996 (86.6%)	20 (1.7%)	54 (4.7%)	19 (1.7%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (4.9%)	$13,219			$388			$12,832	71.6	83	66	97
550996001309	164	Mosinee Middle	Public	4-8	700 High St	Mosinee	54455	Marathon County	Mosinee School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 693-3660	685	50	13.8	27.0%	632 (92.3%)	4 (0.6%)	18 (2.6%)	13 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	15 (2.2%)	$12,048			$567			$11,481	71.5	57.8	251	87
550008703141	165	Lake Country Classical Academy Inc	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-11	818 W Wisconsin Ave	Oconomowoc	53066	Waukesha County	Lake Country Classical Academy Inc	Yes	No	No	No	(262) 254-9049	548	0		7.5%	488 (89.1%)	10 (1.8%)	27 (4.9%)	10 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.4%)								71.4	75.8	111	54
550852000949	166	O'Keeffe Middle	Public	6-8	510 S Thornton Ave	Madison	53703	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 204-6820	439	34	12.7	39.6%	228 (51.9%)	85 (19.4%)	60 (13.7%)	13 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (11.8%)	$14,964			$606			$14,359	71.1	67	174	8
551135002418	167	Palmyra-Eagle Middle	Public	6-8	123 Burr Oak St	Palmyra	53156	Jefferson County	Palmyra-Eagle Area School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(262) 495-7101	99	12	7.9	33.3%	83 (83.8%)	3 (3.0%)	10 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.0%)	$14,111			$600			$13,511	71	54.4	285	118
550888001030	168	Mayville Junior-Senior High	Public	7-12	500 N Clark St	Mayville	53050	Dodge County	Mayville School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(920) 387-7960	502	33	15	33.3%	437 (87.1%)	5 (1.0%)	34 (6.8%)	6 (1.2%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.2%)	$12,458			$829			$11,629	70.7	78.5	94	74
551716002227	169	Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	11065 Old Highway 51 N	Arbor Vitae	54568	Oneida County	Woodruff J1 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 356-3282	509	45	11.2	42.8%	407 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.1%)	3 (0.6%)	48 (9.4%)	2 (0.4%)	28 (5.5%)	$13,420			$666			$12,754	70.7	71.2	151	18
551416003001	170	Innovations STEM Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	1225 N Water St	Sparta	54656	Monroe County	Sparta Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(608) 366-3497	88	5	16.2	3.4%	71 (80.7%)	3 (3.4%)	9 (10.2%)	1 (1.1%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.4%)	$8,232			$436			$7,796	70.7	86.8	51	119

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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.