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)
550960002979	371	HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	4601 N 84th St	Milwaukee	53225	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(414) 383-4944	1,828	65	28.3	82.5%	7 (0.4%)	6 (0.3%)	24 (1.3%)	1,783 (97.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.4%)	$14,862			$2,577			$12,284	49	34.3	450	79
551371001805	372	Shell Lake Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	271 Highway 63	Shell Lake	54871	Washburn County	Shell Lake School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 468-7814	311	23	13.8	52.7%	276 (88.7%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.9%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.5%)	$13,841			$264			$13,577	48.9	55.8	267	105
550384000136	373	Durand Middle/High	Public	6-12	604 7th Ave E	Durand	54736	Pepin County	Durand-Arkansaw School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 672-8917	521	35	14.8	37.4%	476 (91.4%)	2 (0.4%)	30 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.9%)	$12,229			$617			$11,612	48.8	29.1	479	106
550150000194	374	Boscobel Junior High	Public	6-8	300 Brindley St	Boscobel	53805	Grant County	Boscobel Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 375-4161	152	14	10.5	55.3%	144 (94.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.6%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.0%)	$13,093			$711			$12,381	48.7	50	324	50
550981001293	375	Glacial Drumlin School	Public	6-8	801 Damascus Tr	Cottage Grove	53527	Dane County	Monona Grove School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 839-8437	768	63	12.1	19.3%	609 (79.3%)	26 (3.4%)	57 (7.4%)	20 (2.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (7.0%)								48.6	49.7	328	47
550420003081	376	Eleva-Strum Middle	Public	6-8	W23597 Us-10	Strum	54770	Trempealeau County	Eleva-Strum School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 695-2696	142	11	12.6	2.1%	125 (88.0%)	1 (0.7%)	14 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	$9,647			$351			$9,297	48.5	31.1	466	90
551272001677	377	James Williams Middle	Public	6-8	915 Acacia Ln	Rhinelander	54501	Oneida County	Rhinelander School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 365-9220	472	38	12.5	51.5%	424 (89.8%)	8 (1.7%)	14 (3.0%)	3 (0.6%)	13 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)	$16,787			$530			$16,257	48.5	45.2	371	6
550981002828	378	Monona Grove Liberal Arts	Public, Charter	6-12	5301 Monona Dr	Monona	53716	Dane County	Monona Grove School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(608) 316-1924	81	7	10.9	28.4%	67 (82.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.9%)								48.5	43.2	384	6
551443001866	379	Stanley-Boyd Middle	Public	6-8	507 E 1st Ave	Stanley	54768	Chippewa County	Stanley-Boyd Area School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 644-5715	252	15	16.3	46.4%	227 (90.1%)	6 (2.4%)	6 (2.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.8%)	$9,438			$299			$9,139	48.4	55.1	274	105
550978000383	380	Mondovi Middle	Public	6-8	337 N Jackson St	Mondovi	54755	Buffalo County	Mondovi School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 926-3457	168	13	13	35.1%	154 (91.7%)	1 (0.6%)	7 (4.2%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.4%)	$14,197			$741			$13,456	48.3	53.3	293	87

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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.