Best Middle Schools in Wisconsin for Low Socio Economic Status Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Wisconsin!

Every year, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 520)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
550039002277	1	Odyssey-Magellan	Public, Magnet	2-8	2037 N Elinor St	Appleton	54914	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	No	Yes	No	No	(920) 832-6250	200	10	19.1	11.0%	162 (81.0%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (4.0%)	18 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.5%)	$10,317			$911			$9,406	99.8%	99.7%	0.12%
550936002269	2	Merton Intermediate	Public	5-8	N68W28320 Sussex Rd	Merton	53056	Waukesha County	Merton Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 538-1130	360	26	14	5.6%	333 (92.5%)	2 (0.6%)	11 (3.1%)	7 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.4%)	$10,723			$281			$10,442	99.6%	99.2%	0.40%
551350000496	3	Sevastopol Middle	Public	6-8	4550 Highway 57	Sturgeon Bay	54235	Door County	Sevastopol School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 743-6282	156	13	12.2	34.6%	131 (84.0%)	3 (1.9%)	19 (12.2%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,971			$769			$15,201	99.4%	98.1%	1.30%
550246000273	4	Webster Middle	Public	6-8	W75N624 Wauwatosa Rd	Cedarburg	53012	Ozaukee County	Cedarburg School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 376-6500	645	45	14.4	7.9%	584 (90.5%)	10 (1.6%)	14 (2.2%)	14 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.4%)	$10,989			$485			$10,504	99.2%	98.9%	0.32%
550001700685	5	River Ridge Middle	Public	5-8	11165 County Highway P	Patch Grove	53817	Grant County	River Ridge School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(608) 994-2715	157	12	13.6	44.6%	146 (93.0%)	2 (1.3%)	6 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)								99.0%	94.7%	4.34%
550426000455	6	Elkhart Lake Elementary/Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	251 E Maple St	Elkhart Lake	53020	Sheboygan County	Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 876-3307	332	25	13.3	0.9%	297 (89.5%)	2 (0.6%)	24 (7.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.4%)	$12,407			$553			$11,853	98.8%	95.8%	3.06%
550429003038	7	Elkhorn Options Virtual School	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	3 N Jackson St	Elkhorn	53121	Walworth County	Elkhorn Area School District	Yes	No	Yes	No	(262) 723-1696	301	2	150.5	39.5%	262 (87.0%)	7 (2.3%)	25 (8.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	$7,328			$140			$7,188	98.7%	90.6%	8.01%
550702002991	8	ARISE Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	450 N Crosby Ave	Janesville	53548	Rock County	Janesville School District	Yes	No	Yes	No	(608) 743-6016	147	12	12	55.8%	95 (64.6%)	9 (6.1%)	13 (8.8%)	13 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (11.6%)	$12,871			$4,086			$8,785	98.5%	95.2%	3.30%
551683002192	9	Winneconne Middle	Public	6-8	400 N 9th Ave	Winneconne	54986	Winnebago County	Winneconne Community School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 582-5800	383	27	14.2	17.8%	360 (94.0%)	3 (0.8%)	10 (2.6%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	$10,866			$321			$10,546	98.3%	95.9%	2.33%
550480000517	10	Bayside Middle	Public	5-8	601 E Ellsworth Ln	Milwaukee	53217	Milwaukee County	Fox Point J2 School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 247-4201	340	31	11	10.9%	240 (70.6%)	33 (9.7%)	17 (5.0%)	22 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (8.2%)	$17,219			$514			$16,705	98.1%	98.3%	0.21%

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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.