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)
550960001191	631	Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	7900 W Acacia St	Milwaukee	53223	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 393-3800	429	28	15.2	90.9%	8 (1.9%)	338 (78.8%)	36 (8.4%)	19 (4.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (6.1%)	$17,464			$2,600			$14,864	1.6	3.8	626	5
550960001240	632	Sherman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	5110 W Locust St	Milwaukee	53210	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 874-5800	281	20	14.1	95.4%	5 (1.8%)	251 (89.3%)	16 (5.7%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.1%)	$19,435			$4,910			$14,525	1.6	3.6	631	1
550960001165	633	Franklin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	2308 W Nash St	Milwaukee	53206	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 875-4400	326	33	9.9	97.2%	0 (0.0%)	304 (93.3%)	14 (4.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.1%)	$19,453			$3,010			$16,443	1.5	3.7	628	5
550960001188	634	Holmes Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	2463 N Buffum St	Milwaukee	53212	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 267-1300	266	18	15	95.9%	4 (1.5%)	236 (88.7%)	17 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	$18,830			$3,751			$15,079	1.4	4.6	618	16
550960003123	635	Andrew S Douglas Middle	Public	6-8	3620 N 18th St	Milwaukee	53206	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 256-8200	167	10	16.2	94.0%	0 (0.0%)	153 (91.6%)	8 (4.8%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.0%)	$15,697			$2,861			$12,837	1.4	3.4	633	2
550960002961	636	King International Baccalaureate Middle	Public	6-8	121 E Hadley St	Milwaukee	53212	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 616-5200	271	16	16.9	95.6%	1 (0.4%)	253 (93.4%)	8 (3.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	$14,872			$2,544			$12,329	1.3	3.2	637	1
550960002464	637	Metcalfe Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	3400 W North Ave	Milwaukee	53208	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 874-3600	334	20	16.4	95.2%	4 (1.2%)	316 (94.6%)	7 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	$17,223			$3,709			$13,514	1.2	4.5	619	18
550960000681	638	Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1017 N 12th St	Milwaukee	53233	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 304-6800	422	22	18.8	93.4%	4 (0.9%)	370 (87.7%)	17 (4.0%)	8 (1.9%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.3%)	$15,838			$2,233			$13,605	1	3.1	638
550429002520	639	Career and College Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	400 County Road H	Elkhorn	53121	Walworth County	Elkhorn Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(262) 564-2970	190	8	23.7	59.5%	148 (77.9%)	2 (1.1%)	31 (16.3%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.7%)	$10,612			$140			$10,472	0.8			(n/a)
550582003009	640	Dr Rosa Minoka-Hill School	Public, Alternative	K-12	325 N Roosevelt St	Green Bay	54301	Brown County	Green Bay Area Public School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 448-2150	66	20	3.2	84.8%	15 (22.7%)	15 (22.7%)	24 (36.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (12.1%)	$50,348			$2,866			$47,482	0.8			(n/a)

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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.