Summary:
Ellsworth, Wisconsin has one public middle school, Ellsworth Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 325 students as part of the Ellsworth Community School District. Because it is the only middle school in the area, its middle-level test results also represent the district’s middle-grade results.
On the 2025–26 Forward Exam, the school was above the state average in seven of eight listed assessments. The exception was 7th grade mathematics, where 50% of students were proficient versus 55.67% statewide. Eighth grade was a clear strength: 69.7% proficient in ELA versus 54.38% statewide, 71.72% in social studies versus 64.63%, and 59.6% in science versus 51.86%. All grade 6–8 ELA results were above the state. Comparing years, 7th grade math fell from 57.94% to 50%, the largest decline, while ELA 6 and ELA 7 also declined; 8th grade ELA, social studies, and science improved. In 2024–25, every listed assessment was above the state, with margins from +2.41 to +14.55 points.
Rankings show a softening trend: the school’s percentile rank declined from 78th in 2023–24 to 68th in 2024–25 to 64th in 2025–26, and its star rating moved from 4 stars to 3 stars. The district is ranked 176 of 432, at the 59th percentile with 3 stars. Attendance and completion indicators are strong: chronic absenteeism is 7.1% at the school, 9.6% in the district, and 17.3% statewide; the dropout rate is 0.0% at the school, 0.1% in the district, and 1.1% statewide. Resource context includes 27.38% free/reduced lunch eligibility, $17,357 per-student spending, and a 12:1 student-teacher ratio. Overall, this is a solidly above-average school with strong 8th grade outcomes and excellent attendance, but 7th grade math and the declining rank trend are the main areas to monitor.
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