Summary:
Kimberly, Wisconsin is home to two public middle-level schools enrolling a combined 1,215 students, both part of the Kimberly Area School District. Gerritts Middle serves grades 7–8 with 802 students, while Mapleview Intermediate serves grades 5–6 with 413. Gerritts is the traditional middle school; Mapleview is the upper-elementary/intermediate option. The district is highly ranked — 38th of 432 districts in Wisconsin, in the 91st percentile with 5 stars — so families here are choosing among schools in one of the state's stronger systems.
Gerritts Middle is the academic standout, ranking 42nd of 643 middle schools (93rd percentile, 5 stars), up from the 89th percentile and 4 stars two years earlier. Its 2025–2026 Forward Exam results include 84.06% proficient in 7th-grade math (state: 55.67%), 82.40% in 8th-grade social studies (state: 64.63%), 80.29% in 7th-grade ELA (state: 55.33%), and 80.27% in 8th-grade math (state: 53.67%). Science is its relative weak spot at 65.87%, but still 14.01 points above the state and up 8.80 points in a year. Chronic absenteeism is 10.6% versus 17.3% statewide, and the dropout rate is 0.0% versus the state's 1.1%.
Mapleview Intermediate stands out for climate and class size: chronic absenteeism of 8.5% is about half the state rate, and its student-teacher ratio of 12.5 is lower than Gerritts' 15.5. It has a higher free/reduced-lunch rate (26.15% vs. 17.21%) and lower per-student spending ($12,595 vs. $13,202), yet beats the state in every reported subject — ELA 5th grade 71.14%, ELA 6th grade 76.15%, math 5th grade 72.14%, and math 6th grade 78.44%. Its scores sit below district averages for grades 5–6, but the gaps narrowed in ELA 5, math 5, and math 6, with math 6 gaining 5.76 points. Overall, both schools perform well above Wisconsin averages.
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