Summary:
Brodhead, Wisconsin has one public middle school: Brodhead Middle, a grades 5–8 school with about 202 students that is the only middle-grades building in the Brodhead School District. With only one school in the city, there is no cross-school comparison to make, so the most useful comparisons are between grade levels within the building and against Wisconsin averages.
The school scores above the state average on 5 of 10 tested subjects, is level on one, and below on four. Grade 8 is the standout: science reached 63.93% proficient versus 51.86% statewide, and social studies 73.77% versus 64.63%. Grade 5, tested for the first time, also beat the state in both reading (58.46% vs 53.63%) and math (60.00% vs 51.81%). Grade 6 landed close to state averages. Grade 7 is the clear problem, scoring 33.85% in both reading and math — roughly 22 points below the state in each subject. Set that single grade aside and the school sits at or slightly above state averages in both core subjects.
Context matters for families. The school ranks 361st of 643 Wisconsin middle schools (44th percentile, 2 stars), unchanged from last year after slipping from the 52nd percentile two years earlier. Chronic absenteeism is 17.2%, essentially the state rate of 17.3% but above the district's 14.6%. The dropout rate, 2.1%, is about double the state's 1.1% and represents roughly four students. Class sizes are small at 10.6 to 1, spending is $17,163 per pupil, and 44% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. The takeaway: this is not a whole-school weakness, but one seventh-grade class that has now underperformed twice while the younger grades arrive stronger.
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