Summary:
Loyal, Wisconsin has just one middle school in this data set: Loyal Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 108 students at 514 W Central, and it is part of Loyal School District. Because it is the only middle school in the city, there is nothing to compare it to locally, so the meaningful comparisons are over time, against its own district, and against the state. With about 36 students per grade, it is a small school where a handful of students can shift a percentage by several points, so year-to-year swings should be read as signals to investigate rather than settled trends.
The school's strongest results are in attendance and completion. Chronic absenteeism is 4.8%, far below the district's 9.1% and the state's 17.3%, and the dropout rate is 0.0% versus 0.4% districtwide and 1.1% statewide. Staffing and funding look relatively favorable, with a 12:1 student-teacher ratio and $17,637 in per-student spending for 2024–25, while 42.59% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Academics are the concern. Statewide rank has fallen from 305th of 641 in 2023–24 to 433rd of 628 in 2024–25 and 476th of 643 in 2025–26, with stars dropping from 3 to 2 to 1 and the school sliding from the 52nd to the 26th percentile. In 2025–26, no reported subject and grade matched the state proficiency rate. The largest gaps are 7th grade ELA at 26.47% versus 55.33% statewide, a persistent weakness, and 8th grade math at 34.48% versus 53.67%, down 15.52 points in a year. Eighth grade science also fell, from 52.63% to 41.38%. Eighth grade social studies, at 62.07% and only 2.56 points below the state, is the closest relative subject. The school's average proficiency stayed roughly flat while the state's rose, widening the gap.
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