Middle Schools in Brown County CUSD 1

Brown County CUSD 1 has one middle school, Brown County Middle School, serving grades 5–8, with 179 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades math result was 36% proficient, 3 points below the state, while its ELA result was 37%, 19 points below the state. The most important finding is that ELA is the school’s clearest state-relative challenge: results were below the state in each grade with reported scores, by 13 points in grade 6, 20 in grade 7, and 17 in grade 8.

There is no school-to-school leader or trailer in a list of one, but results vary by subject and grade. The clearest standout is sixth-grade math: 48% proficient, 11 points above the state. By contrast, seventh-grade ELA was 38%, 20 points below the state, the weakest reported grade-level comparison. Math also exceeded the state in grade 8 by 2 points, while grade 7 was 8 points below. Science was below the state in both tested grades: by 15 points in grade 5 and 8 points in grade 8. SchoolDigger gives the school 2 stars and ranks it 774th of 1,126 schools, at the 31st percentile.

All-grades IAR results fell over the two years shown, and the gaps with the state widened. ELA declined from 46% to 37% while the state rose from 53% to 56%, widening the school’s gap from 7 to 19 points; math fell from 38% to 36% as the state rose from 39% to 40%, widening its gap from 1 to 3 points. Science trends differed by grade: fifth-grade results fell from 42% to 32%, while eighth-grade results rose from 31% to 44%, narrowing that grade’s state gap from 14 to 8 points. SchoolDigger’s percentile also declined from 50 in 2023–2024 to 31 in 2025–2026. In 2024–2025, the school had an 11:1 student-teacher ratio and 40% free/reduced lunch eligible. With only one school listed, comparisons among schools in the area are not possible.