Summary:
Cadott, Wisconsin is a small city with just one middle school, Cadott Junior High, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 134 students as part of the Cadott Community School District. Because there is only one middle school in the area, the useful comparisons are to the district, to the state, and to the school's own past performance rather than to other local schools.
Academically, the brightest spot is 8th grade mathematics, where students scored 69.35% proficient in 2025–26 against 53.67% statewide — a gap of more than 15 points — after also beating the state by about 10 points the year before. Sixth grade math was slightly above state as well (55.32% vs. 53.60%), and 8th grade social studies was above state in 2024–25 (68.33% vs. 62.51%). English Language Arts is the clear weakness: in 2025–26, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade ELA all landed roughly 10–12 points below state, and 7th grade ELA was about 11 points below state the prior year. Science was below state both years, and the gap widened from less than a point in 2024–25 to more than 8 points in 2025–26. Social studies also slipped below state in 2025–26 at 59.68% vs. 64.63%.
Non-academic indicators are strong: the school reported a 0.0% dropout rate versus 0.2% for the district and 1.1% for the state, and chronic absenteeism of 11.4% versus 14.1% district and 17.3% state. The school spends $16,554 per student with a 13.5-to-1 student-teacher ratio, and 52.24% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. One caution for parents: the school's statewide rank has slid from 208 of 641 (68th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–24 to 388 of 643 (40th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–26. With roughly 45 students per grade, single-year swings can reflect only a handful of students.
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