Summary:
Amherst, Wisconsin has one middle school option: Amherst Middle, part of the Tomorrow River School District. It serves grades 5 through 8 to 257 students, so families in this area have a single public middle school pathway rather than a choice among several campuses. Notably, the school is rated 4 stars in each of the three ranked years on file (2025–2026: 177 of 643; 2024–2025: 189 of 628; 2023–2024: 136 of 641, a 70th–79th percentile range), while its district is listed at 3 stars, rank 202 of 432 and the 53rd percentile — a school that outperforms its district context.
The operational picture is favorable. In 2024–2025, chronic absenteeism was 7.5%, lower than the district's 9.3% and less than half the state's 17.3%, which suggests students are consistently in class. The dropout rate was 0.8%, below the state's 1.1% but slightly above the district's 0.7%. About 28.02% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $13,605, and the student-teacher ratio is 11.2 — a comparatively small class setting. Because no other middle school exists in Amherst, there is no local peer to compare against; the meaningful comparisons are with the district and the state.
Academically, Amherst Middle averaged about 64.96% proficient across its 10 reported tests in 2025–2026, above the district's 62.05% and the state's 54.95%. ELA is a consistent strength, beating the state in every grade and year shown, peaking at 71.43% in 7th grade. Math is strong in grades 5 and 6 (80.33% and 71.21%), but 8th grade math slipped to 49.09%, below district and state, and 7th grade math was 49.12% in 2024–2025. Science is a quiet strength versus the state, and Social Studies sits near district and above state.
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