Summary:
Middle schools in zip code 62353 are represented by one school, Brown County Middle School, serving grades 5–8 and enrolling 179 students. Its latest reported results show a much larger challenge in English Language Arts (ELA) than in math: in 2025–2026, 37% of students were proficient in ELA, compared with 56% statewide, a 19-point deficit. The most important finding for parents is that ELA proficiency was below the state result in every reported grade, with the largest gap in grade 7.
Because it is the only school listed, Brown County Middle School is both the area’s highest- and lowest-ranked school within this group; there are no other local schools here to compare directly. Math is its relative strength: overall proficiency was 36%, just 3 points below the state’s 40%, and grade 6 math was 48%, 11 points above the state. Grade 8 math was also slightly above the state, while grade 7 math was 8 points below. ELA results were 13 points below the state in grade 6, 20 points below in grade 7, and 17 points below in grade 8. Science was also below state results in grades 5 and 8.
Recent results and rankings point to a weaker relative position, particularly in ELA. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the school’s ELA proficiency fell 9 points while the state’s rose 3 points, widening the school’s state gap by 12 points. Math proficiency fell 2 points as the state rose 1 point, widening that gap by 3 points. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking went from 50 in 2023–2024 to 31 in 2025–2026, and its rating fell from 3 stars to 2. For context, the school had a student-teacher ratio of 11 in 2024–2025, and 40% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these figures describe the school but do not explain its results. With only one school in the list, comparisons between schools are not possible.
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