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)
551326001747	291	Deer Creek Intermediate	Public	4-8	3680 S Kinnickinnic Ave	Saint Francis	53235	Milwaukee County	Saint Francis School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 482-8400	310	25	12.5	51.0%	161 (51.9%)	25 (8.1%)	85 (27.4%)	13 (4.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.7%)								56.6	53.5	292	1
551710002218	292	Birnamwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	337 Main St	Birnamwood	54414	Shawano County	Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 449-2576	361	25	14.1	44.0%	315 (87.3%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (5.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.4%)	$10,078			$563			$9,515	56.3	54	289	3
550267000301	293	Clintonville Middle	Public	6-8	64 West Green Tree Road	Clintonville	54929	Waupaca County	Clintonville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 823-7215	255	25	10.3	57.6%	193 (75.7%)	6 (2.4%)	38 (14.9%)	3 (1.2%)	5 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.9%)	$10,952			$939			$10,014	56.2	39.3	412	119
551470001921	294	Suring Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	411 Algoma St	Suring	54174	Oconto County	Suring Public School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(920) 842-2181	208	19	11.1	67.8%	173 (83.2%)	2 (1.0%)	5 (2.4%)	1 (0.5%)	10 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (8.2%)	$16,753			$1,125			$15,629	56.2	34	453	159
550588000647	295	Green Lake High	Public	7-12	612 Mill St	Green Lake	54941	Green Lake County	Green Lake School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(920) 294-6411	145	16	9	35.2%	129 (89.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.8%)	2 (1.4%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.1%)	$15,337			$569			$14,767	56	44.9	374	79
551302003102	296	Odyssey Academy of Virtual Learning	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1120 Metomen St	Ripon	54971	Fond du Lac County	Ripon Area School District	Yes	No	Yes	No	(920) 748-4625	249	13	19.9	24.5%	220 (88.4%)	3 (1.2%)	17 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.2%)	$8,599			$651			$7,948	56	66.7	177	119
551464003161	297	Central Heights Middle	Public	6-8	220 Kroncke Dr	Sun Prairie	53590	Dane County	Sun Prairie Area School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(608) 834-8000	472	44	10.6	30.1%	289 (61.2%)	48 (10.2%)	54 (11.4%)	35 (7.4%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (8.9%)								55.7			(n/a)
551422001849	298	Spooner Middle	Public	5-8	750 Oak St	Spooner	54801	Washburn County	Spooner Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 635-2173	277	26	10.7	54.5%	245 (88.4%)	2 (0.7%)	9 (3.2%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.5%)	$15,849			$1,691			$14,158	55.6	56.8	259	39
550063002586	299	Wildlands Charter School	Public, Charter	7-12	E19320 Bartig Rd	Augusta	54722	Eau Claire County	Augusta School District	Yes	No	No	No	(715) 286-4400	71	6	12.8	19.7%	67 (94.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	$14,928			$981			$13,946	55.5	59.4	239	60
551578002008	300	Butler Middle	Public	6-8	310 N Hine Ave	Waukesha	53188	Waukesha County	Waukesha School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 970-2905	811	58	14	39.5%	509 (62.8%)	38 (4.7%)	211 (26.0%)	22 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (3.7%)	$12,892			$323			$12,569	55.3	56.7	262	38

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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.