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)
551365001785	441	Horace Mann Middle	Public	6-8	2820 Union Ave	Sheboygan	53081	Sheboygan County	Sheboygan Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 459-3666	599	45	13.2	46.9%	278 (46.4%)	21 (3.5%)	153 (25.5%)	104 (17.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (6.8%)	$14,241			$486			$13,755	38.3	39.2	413	28
550288002896	442	Cornell Middle	Public	6-8	708 Bridge St	Cornell	54732	Chippewa County	Cornell School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 861-6947	72	5	15.4	68.1%	69 (95.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	$13,624			$2,362			$11,262	38.2	47.5	345	97
551365001798	443	Urban Middle	Public	6-8	1226 North Ave	Sheboygan	53083	Sheboygan County	Sheboygan Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 459-3680	558	39	14.4	53.0%	244 (43.7%)	28 (5.0%)	108 (19.4%)	128 (22.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (8.8%)	$11,417			$437			$10,980	37.9	36.9	436	7
550005602740	444	Gresham High	Public	6-12	501 Schabow St	Gresham	54128	Shawano County	Gresham School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 787-3211	162	15	10.4	65.4%	65 (40.1%)	2 (1.2%)	10 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (31.5%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (21.0%)	$18,262			$1,708			$16,554	37.5	34.4	449	5
550564000600	445	Granton High	Public	6-12	217 N Main St	Granton	54436	Clark County	Granton Area School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 238-7175	105	13	8.2	54.3%	90 (85.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (9.5%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.8%)	$17,718			$6,532			$11,186	37.3	29.3	476	31
551659003108	446	White Lake Middle	Public	7-8	405 Bissell St	White Lake	54491	Langlade County	White Lake School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(715) 882-2361	22	3	6.5	77.3%	20 (90.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,562			$1,023			$14,538	37.1	24.6	510	64
550096000122	447	Beaver Dam Middle	Public	6-8	108 Fourth St	Beaver Dam	53916	Dodge County	Beaver Dam Unified School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 885-7365	641	51	12.6	49.1%	447 (69.7%)	12 (1.9%)	137 (21.4%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (5.9%)	$11,391			$428			$10,961	36.9	41.9	394	53
550903001053	448	Maplewood Middle	Public	6-8	1600 Midway Rd	Menasha	54952	Winnebago County	Menasha Joint School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 967-1600	656	56	11.6	57.2%	381 (58.1%)	47 (7.2%)	139 (21.2%)	35 (5.3%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	49 (7.5%)	$12,975			$1,146			$11,829	36.8	39.8	408	40
550498002244	449	North Crawford Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	47050 County Road X	Soldiers Grove	54655	Crawford County	North Crawford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 624-5201	290	26	10.9	53.1%	263 (90.7%)	5 (1.7%)	11 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.8%)	$15,846			$1,828			$14,019	36.6	35.8	440	9
551668002178	450	Whitewater Middle	Public	6-8	401 S Elizabeth St	Whitewater	53190	Walworth County	Whitewater Unified School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 472-8300	431	34	12.6	50.6%	244 (56.6%)	9 (2.1%)	163 (37.8%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.8%)	$14,927			$1,266			$13,659	36.5	44.3	377	73

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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.