Middle Schools in Stonewall

Stonewall has one listed middle school, McLish Middle School, serving grades 5–8 and enrolling 130 students; there are no other local middle schools in this comparison. The clearest result is mathematics: in 2025–2026, 46% of students were proficient, 21 percentage points above the state’s 25%.

Because McLish is the only school listed, there is no meaningful local top-or-bottom school comparison. Within its own results, mathematics and science were strongest, each at 46%; science was 16 points above the state’s 30%. ELA was the relative weak spot at 28%, only 2 points above the state’s 26%. The standout grade-level result was eighth-grade math: 54% proficiency, 37 points above the state’s 17%.

Results shifted unevenly from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA fell from 39% to 28%, narrowing its advantage over the state from 13 points to 2; math rose from 40% to 46%, widening its advantage from 14 points to 21; and science declined from 49% to 46%, though it remained 16 points above the state. SchoolDigger ranked McLish 12th of 369 schools, in the 97th percentile with 5 stars, in 2024–2025; in 2025–2026, it ranked 66th of 378, in the 83rd percentile with 4 stars. For additional context, chronic absenteeism was 2% at McLish, compared with 3% in the Stonewall district and 16% statewide in 2025–2026; the student–teacher ratio was 14.5 in 2024–2025, and 84% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year.