Summary:
Kiel, Wisconsin has a single listed middle school: Kiel Middle, which serves grades 5–8, enrolls 338 students, and is located at 502 Paine St. It is part of the Kiel Area School District. Because Kiel has only one middle school, there is no within-city comparison to make; the most useful benchmarks for parents are how Kiel Middle compares with its own district and with Wisconsin averages.
By those measures, Kiel Middle performs strongly. It ranked 59th of 643 Wisconsin middle schools in 2025–2026 — the 91st percentile with 5 stars — up from 78th of 628 (88th percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–2025 and 115th of 641 (82nd percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024. The district overall ranked 189th of 432, at the 56th percentile with 3 stars, so the school outperforms its district's overall profile. In both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, every reported grade and subject proficiency figure was higher than the state average. Standouts in 2025–2026 included 6th grade math at 80.00% proficient versus 53.60% statewide, and 8th grade social studies at 81.82% versus 64.63%. Even the lowest results, 5th grade math at 62.86% and 5th grade ELA at 64.29%, were above state.
Attendance is another strength: chronic absenteeism was 4.2% in 2024–2025, nearly identical to the district's 4.1% and far below Wisconsin's 17.3%. The school reported 0.0% dropout. Per-student spending was $16,299, the student-teacher ratio was 13.1:1, and free/reduced lunch was 18.93%. Overall, Kiel Middle stands out as a high-performing, steadily improving school with strong proficiency and excellent attendance.
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