Summary:
Adams, Wisconsin is home to a single middle school — Adams-Friendship Middle — which serves grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 338 students at 420 N Main St as part of the Adams-Friendship Area School District. Because it is the only middle school in the city, there is no local comparison to make; the meaningful comparisons are to its own district and to Wisconsin as a whole.
Academically, the school is rated 1 star in each of the last three years, and its statewide ranking has hovered between the 15th and 20th percentile (546 of 643 in 2025–26). It scores below the state average in every reported subject and grade. The widest gap is 8th grade Science, where 21.69% of students were proficient versus 51.86% statewide — a 30.17-point gap — and science proficiency fell from 31.34% the prior year while the state improved. Average math proficiency also declined, from 38.01% to 34.91%, widening the gap to 18.78 points, with 6th and 7th grade math each 23.17 points below state. Eighth grade Social Studies slipped from 44.78% to 39.76%. English language arts is the one bright spot: average proficiency rose from 33.95% to 36.54%, narrowing the gap slightly to 18.03 points. The district itself ranks 410 of 432 statewide with 0 stars, so the school performs somewhat above its own district even while trailing the state.
The school's strengths lie outside test scores. Its dropout rate is 0.0%, better than the district's 1.3% and the state's 1.1%. Chronic absenteeism is 19.2%, lower than the district's 23.4% but still above the state's 17.3%. Class sizes are small at an 8.4:1 student-teacher ratio, and per-student spending is $18,404, with 62.43% of students receiving free or reduced lunch. The clearest priorities for improvement are science, social studies, and middle-grade math.
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