Best Middle Schools in Wisconsin for Special Education 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, Special Education 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 (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 425)	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 (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
550924002267	1	Swallow Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	W299N5614 County Road E	Hartland	53029	Waukesha County	Swallow School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 367-2000	445	30	14.6	2.2%	391 (87.9%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (2.0%)	28 (6.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.1%)	$11,739			$599			$11,139	99.8%	99.4%	0.39%
551350000496	2	Sevastopol Middle	Public	6-8	4550 Highway 57	Sturgeon Bay	54235	Door County	Sevastopol School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 743-6282	148	11	13.2	32.4%	120 (81.1%)	2 (1.4%)	21 (14.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.4%)	$15,971			$769			$15,201	99.5%	98.1%	1.40%
550936002269	3	Merton Intermediate	Public	5-8	N68W28320 Sussex Rd	Merton	53056	Waukesha County	Merton Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 538-1130	362	28	13	7.7%	331 (91.4%)	5 (1.4%)	9 (2.5%)	7 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	7 (1.9%)	$10,723			$281			$10,442	99.3%	99.2%	0.07%
551662002402	4	Whitefish Bay Middle	Public	6-8	1144 E Henry Clay St	Whitefish Bay	53217	Milwaukee County	Whitefish Bay School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 963-6800	634	46	13.7	2.4%	486 (76.7%)	34 (5.4%)	41 (6.5%)	23 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (7.9%)	$12,394			$515			$11,879	99.1%	97.3%	1.71%
551581002031	5	Waunakee Middle	Public	7-8	1001 South St	Waunakee	53597	Dane County	Waunakee Community School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 849-2060	681	61	11	10.7%	554 (81.4%)	14 (2.1%)	55 (8.1%)	27 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.6%)	$13,153			$159			$12,994	98.8%	92.4%	6.47%
550960001216	6	Maryland Montessori	Public	PK, KG-8	2418 N Maryland Ave	Milwaukee	53211	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 906-4800	515	22	23.3	26.0%	306 (59.4%)	80 (15.5%)	51 (9.9%)	21 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (10.9%)	$11,728			$1,898			$9,830	98.6%	76.0%	22.61%
550005202644	7	Trevor-Wilmot Grade	Public	PK, KG-8	26325 Wilmot Rd	Trevor	53179	Kenosha County	Trevor-Wilmot Consolidated School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 862-2356	441	41	10.8	29.3%	369 (83.7%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (13.4%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	$13,841			$915			$12,927	98.4%	85.2%	13.17%
550480000517	8	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	341	32	10.7	10.6%	242 (71.0%)	24 (7.0%)	18 (5.3%)	23 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	33 (9.7%)	$17,219			$514			$16,705	98.1%	98.3%	0.17%
550852000966	9	Hamilton Middle	Public	6-8	4801 Waukesha St	Madison	53705	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 204-4620	768	50	15.2	16.7%	479 (62.4%)	52 (6.8%)	80 (10.4%)	79 (10.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (10.0%)	$13,465			$404			$13,062	97.9%	94.4%	3.50%
550834000917	10	Luxemburg-Casco Middle	Public	7-8	512 Center Drive	Luxemburg	54217	Kewaunee County	Luxemburg-Casco School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 845-9525	300	22	13.4	19.3%	273 (91.0%)	2 (0.7%)	16 (5.3%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	$12,511			$900			$11,611	97.6%	95.5%	2.17%

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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.